God did not harm these leading men of Israel; they saw God, and then they ate and drank together.

There, in the presence of the LORD your God, who has blessed you, you and your families will eat and enjoy the good things that you have worked for.

The LORD will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the LORD.

Be joyful there in his presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns; remember that the Levites will have no land of their own.

Enjoy it with your children, your servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns.

"All the men of your nation are to come to worship the LORD three times a year at the one place of worship: at Passover, Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters. Each man is to bring a gift

and on the following day, the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They were happy about all the blessings that the LORD had given to his people Israel, to David, and to Solomon.

So all the people went home and ate and drank joyfully and shared what they had with others, because they understood what had been read to them.

The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.

So I realized that all we can do is be happy and do the best we can while we are still alive.

All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.

So I am convinced that we should enjoy ourselves, because the only pleasure we have in this life is eating and drinking and enjoying ourselves. We can at least do this as we labor during the life that God has given us in this world.

Go ahead---eat your food and be happy; drink your wine and be cheerful. It's all right with God.

Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.

Command them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share with others.

When David was very old, he made his son Solomon king of Israel.

Bathsheba bowed low and said, "May my lord the king live forever!"

where Zadok and Nathan are to anoint him as king of Israel. Then blow the trumpet and shout, 'Long live King Solomon!'

"It shall be done," answered Benaiah, "and may the LORD your God confirm it!

So Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and the royal bodyguards put Solomon on King David's mule and escorted him to Gihon Spring.

The king made Benaiah commander of the army in Joab's place and put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.