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1 Chronicles 29:28 Explained in Context
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Verse 28. 28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “David dies and the narrator points to other records.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 29:26–30
Read 1 Chronicles 29:28 with 29:26–30. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: David's forty-year reign, old-age death, wealth and honor, Solomon's succession, and prophetic records of his acts, power, and times conclude the book.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “David dies and the narrator points to other records,” 1 Chronicles 29:28 advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: David's reign, death, wealth, honor, succession, and source notice close the book after Solomon's public enthronement without narrating Solomon's reign.
Read 1 Chronicles 29:26–30 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 29:26–30 forms the complete movement “David dies and the narrator points to other records”: David's forty-year reign, old-age death, wealth and honor, Solomon's succession, and prophetic records of his acts, power, and times conclude the book.
Verse 26. 26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
Verse 27. 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
Verse 28. 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
Verse 29. 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
Verse 30. 30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
What Remains True
Faithful succession joins remembered promise with present responsibility; inherited office is never hereditary moral or spiritual superiority. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: David's forty-year reign, old-age death, wealth and honor, Solomon's succession, and prophetic records of his acts, power, and times conclude the book. In 1 Chronicles 29:28, the concrete line “And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son….” Prepare successors with clear authority limits, truthful records, shared responsibility, and reviewable resources rather than demanding loyalty to a personality or family line. This response follows from the unit's own movement: David's forty-year reign, old-age death, wealth and honor, Solomon's succession, and prophetic records of his acts, power, and times conclude the book.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 29:26–30, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 29:26–30, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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