After the long series of lists in chapters 23–27, which traces David’s provision of the support personnel for the temple, the Chronicler provides a second scene of commissioning, echoing the earlier one in chapter 22. While in 22:5 David speaks of his future preparations for the temple, in 29:19 he reflects over his past preparations. First Chronicles 28:1 introduces this second commissioning, noting how David has assembled the secular leadership just reviewed in chapter 27. What follows in 28:2–8 is David’s address to this gathered assembly of leaders, which echoes the themes and vocabulary of the earlier speech in 22:7–16. The majority of the speech (28:2–7a) focuses on the privileges enjoyed by Solomon, with greater emphasis placed in this speech on Yahweh’s choice of Solomon (28:5–6; …