(30) And his might.--Or, valour, prowess. (See 1Chronicles 29:11.) His warlike achievements are intended. (Comp. 1Kings 15:23; Judges 8:21.)

And the times that went over him.--Heb., passed over him. The seasons of good and evil fortune, the vicissitudes of his own and his people's history. (Comp. 1Chronicles 12:32; Psalm 31:16; Job 24:1 [=seasons of judgment]; Daniel 9:25.)

And over all the kingdoms of the countries.--Viz., those with which David had relations of friendship or war, such as the Philistines, Aramaeans, Hamathites, and other surrounding peoples. (Comp. chap 14:17.)

Kingdoms of the countries.--2Chronicles 12:8; 2Chronicles 17:10; 2Chronicles 20:29; not elsewhere.

The Syriac adds: "Because that David did that which was good before the Lord, and departed not from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life."

Verse 30. - The phrase in this verse, The times that went over him, is noticeable as an hapax legomenon. There are, however, not a few phrases more or less nearly approaching it in sense, and all hinging on the word times (1 Chronicles 12:32; Esther 1:13; Job 24:1; Psalm 31:15; Daniel 7:25). The last sentence of this chapter is illustrated, and most suggestively, by 2 Chronicles 12:8; 2 Chronicles 17:10, 11, 22-30; Ezra 9.

This great assembly joined with David in adoring God. Whoever is the mouth of the congregation, those only have the benefit who join him, not by bowing down the head, so much as by lifting up the soul. Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord. Solomon's kingdom typified the kingdom of the Messiah, whose throne is the throne of the Lord.With all his reign and his might,.... The whole of it, and the mighty valiant acts done by him, the battles he fought, and the victories he obtained:

and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and all the kingdoms of the countries; things that were done in his time in Israel, and in the nations round about subdued by him, as Moab, Ammon, Syria, and Philistia.