David Organizes the Cultic and Secular Officials: According to 1 Chronicles 10–22, David prepared everything for the building of the temple, including full instructions to his son Solomon. First Chronicles 23–27 now describes the division of the Levites for various kinds of service and gives an elaborate and intricate overview of how the cultic service was organized in Jerusalem.

The short, opening comment that David made Solomon king serves as the bridge between David’s and Solomon’s reigns. From 23:2 onward we find the extensive description of the organization of cultic officials, starting with the indication that David gathered (Hebrew ʾasaf) all the officials for the occasion. Since 28:1 contains a similar comment on David gathering the leaders, but with another Hebrew word (qahal), one…