2 Chronicles 1:8

Solomon responded to God, “You showed trustworthy love without limit to my father David, 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

7That night God appeared to Solomon and told him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”

9Lord God, please keep the promise you made to my father David. You have made me king over a nation that has as many people as the dust of the earth.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7“You are that man!” Nathan told David. “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel, and I saved you from Saul.

1 Chronicles 17:16Then King David went and sat down in the presence of the Lord. He prayed, “Who am I, Lord God, and what is significant about my family, that you have brought me to this place?

1 Chronicles 29:23So Solomon took the throne of the Lord as king in place of David, his father. He was successful, and all the Israelites obeyed him.

Psalms 86:13For your trustworthy love for me is so great; you have saved me from death.

Psalms 89:49Where is the trustworthy love you used to have, Lord, that you faithfully promised to David?

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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