And all the princes, and men of power, and all the sons of king David gave their hand, and were subject to Solomon the king.

and all the heads, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of king David have given a hand under 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 leaders, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.

Moreover, all the leaders, and the powerful, and all the sons of king David pledged with their hand, and they became subject to king Solomon.

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.

And all the princes and the mighty men,.... The princes of the tribes, and the officers of the army:
and all the sons likewise of King David; as many as were living: and though they were elder than Solomon:
they submitted to Solomon the king; or "gave the hand under" (t) him, promised obedience, and swore allegiance to him, see Genesis 24:2.
(t) "dederunt manum sub Selomoh", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis.

submitted themselves--Hebrew, "put their hands under Solomon," according to the custom still practised in the East of putting a hand under the king's extended hand and kissing the back of it (2-Kings 10:15).

Of the Lord - On the throne of Israel, which is called the throne of the Lord, because the Lord himself was in a peculiar manner the king and governor of Israel. He had the founding, he had the filling of their throne, by immediate direction.