2 Chronicles 1:9
Lord 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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Genesis 13:16You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!
Numbers 23:10Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”
2 Samuel 7:25So now, Lord God, please ensure that what you have said about me and my house happens, and is confirmed forever. Please do as you have promised,
1 Chronicles 17:11For when you come to the end of your life and join your ancestors in death, I will bring to power one of your descendants, one of your sons, and make sure his kingdom is successful.
1 Chronicles 28:5From all my sons (for the Lord gave me many) the Lord has chosen Solomon my child to sit on the throne and to rule over the Lord's kingdom Israel.
Psalms 89:35By my holy character I have made a vow to David that I will not lie to 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 →