2 Chronicles 1:8

And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

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In The King James Version

And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

In Context

7In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

9Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

1 Chronicles 17:16Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

1 Chronicles 29:23So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

Psalms 86:13For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.

Psalms 89:49\89:48\What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 1:2-13

Second Chronicles This book begins with the reign of Solomon and the building of the temple, and continues the history of the kings of Judah thenceforward to the captivity and so concludes with the fall of that illustrious monarchy and the destruction of the temple. That monarchy of the house of David, as it was prior in time, so it was superior in worth and dignity to all those four celebrated ones of which Nebuchadnezzar dreamed. The Babylonian monarchy I reckon to begin in Nebuchadnezzar himself— Thou art that… Read the whole commentary →

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