lefled the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed '
own their heads, and worſhipped the LORD and the king «.
« The Lord with Religious, and the King with Civil Worſhip, |
asS it 1s evident.
21 And they ſacrificed facrifices unto the LORD x, and offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thouſand -bullocks, a thouſand rams, and a thouſand lambs, with their drink- offerings and {ſacrifices in abundance for all Iſrael y :
x Before the Ark which was there. y Either r on the behalf of
211 Iſrael; to praiſe God in their Names to procure God's Preſence and Bleſling tor them all. Or 2. So many, thar the Feaſts which, afre: the manner, were made of the remainders of the Sacrifices, were abundantly ſufficiear for all the ſraelires which were then reſent and d-fired to partake of them ; or for all the Governou: s of Iſrael there Afſembl:d,who' may well paſs under the name of a/
| Ifradl becauſe they repreſented them all.
'22 And did cat and drink before the LORD » on that day with great gladneſs, and they made Solomon
* x King, the ſon of David king the ſecond time a,and * anointed
him unto the LORD 7 be the chief governour b, and Zadok to be prielt c.
z #, e. Before the Ark, in Courts or Places as near to it as they conveniently could. Or, as in Gods Preſence, in a Solemn and Religious manner, praiſing God for this great Mercy, and begging
his Bleſſing upon this great Affair. # This is called the ſecond
zime in reference to the firit time, which was either r. when he
' was made King during Azonijahs Conſpiracy, of which ſee 1 King:
1: 34, Oc. And ſo this was done after Davids Death, and not, upon that day, when this Feaſting and Solemnity laſted, as the words at ficſt view ſeem to infinuare, this being related in the ſame verſe, and immediatly after the Relation of the Feaſt. Bur there are Examples of things done at diſtant times put together in one verſe,
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as AF, 7.15. So Jacob went down into Egybt, and dyed, he and our Fa- thers, 1. e. firſt he, and afterward our Fathers. So here, They ai4 eat on that day with great glaanels, and atterward they made Solomon king the ſecond time. And this Oppinion ſeems to be confirmed by the following Paſſages, in which it is related, that at this ſame time they anointed Zadok to be prieſt, and that Solomon wag King inſteal of David, and that all Iſrael, and all Davids ſons ſubmitted '0 him : all which was not done till after Davids Death, as may be gathered by comparing this with 1 King:1:& 2.Or 2.in 1 Chron: 23:1, where it.1s ſaid that David made Solomon his ſon king over Iſrael ; z. e. he declared him his Succeſſor. And ſo this ſecond time was during Davids Life. And what David had more privately declared, chap: 23. he now more ſolemnly owns in this great and genera] Aſſembly, in which by Davids Order, and the Conſent of all that Aflembly, Solomon was anointed King, 7. e. to be King after his Fa= thers Death. And this Opinion the Text ſeems mot to favour, For it is ſaid, And they made Solomon King, &c. they, who ? That mulſr be fetched out of the foregoing Words and Verſes,the; who did eat and drink before the Lord on thas day with great gladneſs, as it is here ſaid, and then immediately it follows, and that with a copu« lative conjunQion, and they made Solomon King, &c. which without violence cannot be pulled away from the foregoing Words. And therefore they muſt be David and all the Congregation, who were then prelent, v. 20. of whom it is ſaid, they ſacrificed, &fc, ver. 21. and they did eat, &c. And they made Solomen, &c. The great objeQion agaurlſt this Opinion is, that they anointed Zadok to be Prieft at this time, which was not done till after Davids death ; for till then Aviathar was not thruſt out from being Prieſt, &C. 1 King: 2; 26, 27. This indeed is a difficulty,but not inſoluble, It muſt be remem« bred that the High-prieſt had his Vicegerent who might officiate in his ſtead, when he was hindred by 1ickneſs or other indiſpenſ- ible Occalion ; and that there ſeems to be ſomething more than 1d inary in Zadok's caſe ; for although Abiathar was properly the High-prieſt,yet Zak ſeems after a ſort to be joyned in Commiſſion vith him, as we ſee 2 Sam: 15: 29. © 19: 11 and it is expreſly ſaid Zadok and Abiathar were Prieſts, 2 Sam: 20: 25- and 1 King: 4: 4. And r may be further conſidered, that this anointing of Zadok might 2e occaſioned by ſome miſcarriage of Ab:athar not recorded in Scripture. Poflibly he was unſatisfied with this deſign of Tranſla«
Perton and Right, which afterwards he did more openly defend : Which being known to David by information, might induce him and the Princes who favoured $:/omen to take this courſe. Which they might the more willingly do in conſideration of that Divine Threatning, 1 Sam: 2: 38, &c. of Tranſlating the Prieſthood from [thamar's and Elis houſe, of which Abiathar was, to Eleazars Line, to which it had been promiſed to perpetuity, Numb:25 13. of which Line Zadek was. And they might judge this a fit Seaſon, or might be dire&ted by God at this time to Execute that Threatning to the one, and pramiſe to the other Family. And yer this Aion of theirs in Anointing Zadek did not, as Ifuppoſe,aQtually conſt:tute him H:gh-prieſt,but only ſettled theReverfion of it upon him and his Line after Abiathars death.Even as Daw:ds making Solomon King, ch: 24: 1 and their anointing Solomon to be rhe chief Governour here. did not put him into aCtual Poſſeſſion of the Kingdom, but only gave him a Righr to it in Reverſion after the preſent-King's death, as Samuzl's anointing of David, 1Sam: 16, had done to David before him. Hence, notwithſtanding this Anointing, Abiathar continued to exerciſe his Office till Solomon thruſt him out,1 King:2:27- and event after he was removed from the Execution of his Office, yet he was reputed the Prieſt till he died,being fo called 1 Kings 4: 4. And this, I hope may in ſome ſort reſolve that difficulty.For the otherArgu« ments may ſeem not conſiderable, For as for what follows v. 23s, 24, 25. Then Solomon ſat on the Throne, &c- That indeed ſeems to be- long to the time after Davids death, being iufficiently ſeparated from this 22d» verfe ; and not ſo knit to the foregoing Words, as