[Mrs. Don-o]

I'm not sure that he Bible makes a distinction between "secular" and "sacred." Men were anointed Priest, Prophet or King, --- all of them in a sacred capacity --- as they were to do God's work offering sacrifices, teaching, and ruling God's people.

So yeah, Samuel appointing his sons as prophets in his old age, and David Solopassing on the kingship to Solomon, count as examples of men chosen by God who passed on their leadership to other, younger men at some point before they actually died.

[MeOnTheBeach]

Men were anointed Priest, Prophet or King, --- all of them in a sacred capacity --- as they were to do God's work offering sacrifices, teaching, and ruling God's people.

To some extent you are correct. However, there is a big difference between and king and a prophet. A prophets first and foremost responsibility is to testify of the coming Messiah. A kings is not. A prophet giving the words of God to the people is scripture. The words of a king is not.

Even though Proverbs is contained in the Bible and are wise words, they are not scripture.