2 Chronicles 1:8

And Solomon said to God, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with my father David, and hast made me king in his stead.

Brenton Septuagint

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 appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

9And now, O Lord God, let, I pray thee, thy name be established upon David my father; for thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and I rescued thee out of the hand of Saul;

1 Chronicles 17:16And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast loved me for ever?

1 Chronicles 29:23And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and was highly honoured; and all Israel obeyed him.

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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