[23] Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed [24] And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. [25] And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.