Final Arrangements for Building the Temple and Transfer of the Kingdom to Solomon: After the major insertion into the Chronicler’s narrative dealing with David’s preparations for handing over power to his son and for building the temple, the writer now returns to the narrative line interrupted at the end of 1 Chronicles 22. There we read David’s speeches to Solomon and some officials. A theme that was already subtly present in the previous David narratives, namely, the issue of being granted “rest and peace,” was explicated in 1 Chronicles 22. Solomon is explicitly referred to there (22:9) as “a man of peace and rest,” his name being etymologically related to the Hebrew word for “peace.”

Whereas the previous reported speech of David to his son Solomon in 1 Chronicles 22 seemed to be a priva…