3. thou art a man of war] See note on xxii. 8.
⁴Howbeit the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince[¹]; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel:
[¹] Or, leader.
4. out of all the house] See 1 Samuel xvi. 1–13.
king ... for ever] i.e. the kingdom is to abide with David and his descendants. That the promise, however, was not to be interpreted as independent of moral conditions, see below verse 9 ad fin.
⁵and of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
5. many sons] compare iii. 1–9.
he hath chosen Solomon] The earlier histories (Samuel–Kings) do not thus speak of God choosing Solomon as David’s successor; but compare 2 Samuel xii. 24, 25; 1 Kings i. 11–14.
the throne of the kingdom of the Lord] Compare xxix. 23, the throne of the Lord. The Chronicler regards the king as the deputy of Jehovah.
⁶And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.