1 Chronicles 29:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וַיֹּאכְל֨וּ וַיִּשְׁתּ֜וּ לִפְנֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיַּמְלִ֤יכוּ שֵׁנִית֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־דָּוִ֔יד וַיִּמְשְׁח֧וּ לַיהוָ֛ה לְנָגִ֥יד וּלְצָד֖וֹק לְכֹהֵֽן׃‬

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾkəlû and-wayyištû before YHWH in-the-yôm the-that in-śimḥāh gədôlāh. And-wayyamlîkû a-second-time Šəlōmōh ben-Dāwīd, and-wayyimšəḥû for-YHWH as-nāgîd and-Ṣādôq as-kōhēn.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾkəlû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they ate
• *wayyištû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they drank
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *śimḥāh*: noun, feminine singular - joy
• *gədôlāh*: adjective, feminine singular - great
• *wayyamlîkû*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they made king
• *Šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
• *ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
• *Dāwīd*: proper noun - David
• *wayyimšəḥû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they anointed
• *nāgîd*: noun, masculine singular - ruler/prince
• *Ṣādôq*: proper noun - Zadok
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular - priest

Word Meanings

• *wayyamlîkû*: they made king/they caused to reign/they crowned
• *nāgîd*: ruler/prince/leader/commander

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 23:1 : 1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
• 1 Kgs 1:34-39 : 34 And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon! 35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so. 37 As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!
• 1 Kgs 2:35 : 35 And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.
• Exod 24:11 : 11 And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.
• Deut 12:7 : 7 There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.
• Deut 12:11-12 : 11 Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord; 12 And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.
• Deut 16:14-17 : 14 You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you. 15 Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy. 16 Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands; 17 Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.
• 1 Kgs 1:31 : 31 Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.
• 2 Chr 7:10 : 10 And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.
• Neh 8:12 : 12 And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.
• Eccl 2:24 : 24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
• Eccl 3:12-13 : 12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him. 13 And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
• Eccl 8:15 : 15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
• Eccl 9:7 : 7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
• 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use; 18 And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;