And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
Submitted themselves - נתנו יד תחת שלמה nathenu yad tachath Shelomoh. "They gave the hand under Solomon;" they swore fealty to him. We have already seen that putting the hand under the thigh (super sectionem circumcisionis) was the form of taking an oath. See the note on Genesis 24:9.
29:24 Of the Lord - On the throne of Israel, which is called the throne of the Lord, because the Lord himself was in a peculiar mannerthe king and governor of Israel. He had the founding, he had thefilling of their throne, by immediate direction.