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Why does 29:22 say Solomon was made king "the second time"?

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The chapter doesn't say why. It says, "They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest" (29:22). The book told the first time in one sentence: "Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel" (23:1). 1 Kings tells Solomon's anointing in its own words: "Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon" (1 Kings 1:39), after Adonijah "exalted himself" (1 Kings 1:5). Chapter 23's honest question sets 23:1 beside 1 Kings 1. Neither book says how its account fits the other's, and this answer doesn't join them.

The verses

“and ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.”
1 Chronicles 29:22 · World English Bible
“Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.”
1 Chronicles 23:1 · World English Bible
“Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.”
1 Kings 1:5 · World English Bible
“Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!””
1 Kings 1:39 · World English Bible

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1 Chronicles 29: All things come from you

Seven of the seventeen times the Hebrew Bible uses nadav, to offer willingly, are in this one chapter. David's own gold is a segullah, the word the LORD used for Israel as "my own possession" (Exodus 19:5). And the book that opened with "Adam, Seth, Enosh" (1:1) ends with a son of David on "the throne of the LORD" (29:23).

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