Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
David made Solomon king not to rule beside him but after him, and he did this in open parliament so all Israel knew it settled. When a man old and full of days secures the crown for God's temple, he leaves the world content and his people blessed.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 23:1-23
Moreover four thousand were porters,.... At the east, north, and south gates of the temple, in their turns: and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments; were singers in the temple, which in all made up 38,000: which I made, said David, to praise therewith; which instruments he devised and ordered to be made to praise the Lord with; see Ch2 29:26.
praised the Lord with the instruments which I made--David seems to have been an inventor of many of the musical instruments used in the temple (Amo 6:5).