David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
      I. He summoned all the great men to attend him, that he might take leave of them all together, 1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1. Thus Moses did (Deuteronomy 31:28), and Joshua, 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:1. David would not declare the settlement of the crown but in the presence, and to the satisfaction, of those that were the representatives of the people.