17. I know, my God, that You search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. With integrity of heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here willingly contribute to You.
18. Adonai, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel our fathers, preserve forever such motives and thoughts in the heart of Your people and make their heart constant toward You.
19. As for my son Solomon, give him a whole heart to keep Your mitzvot, Your decrees and Your statutes, and to fulfill them all and to build the Temple for which I have made provision.”
20. Then David said to the whole congregation, “Now bless Adonai your God.” So the whole congregation blessed Adonai, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and fell prostrate before Adonai and the king.
21. The next day, they sacrificed sacrifices to Adonai and offered burnt offerings to Adonai; 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, along with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
22. So they ate and drank before Adonai on that day with great joy. Then they designated Solomon the son of David as king a second time, anointing him before Adonai as ruler and Zadok as kohen.
23. So Solomon sat on the throne of Adonai as king instead of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.
24. All the officials and mighty men, as well as all the sons of King David, pledged their hand in support of King Solomon.
25. Adonai highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had never been on any king before him in Israel.
26. Now David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27. The length of his reign over Israel was 40 years. He reigned in Hebron seven years and he reigned in Jerusalem 33 years.
28. He died at a good old age, full of days, riches and honor, and his son Solomon became king in his place.
29. Now the acts of King David, the first and the last, behold, are written in the chronicles of Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of Nathan the prophet and in the chronicles of Gad the seer
30. together with all his reign, his power and the events that involved him, Israel and all the kingdoms of the lands.