2 Chronicles 1:8

And Solomon said unto God: 'Thou hast shown great kindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him: 'Ask what I shall give thee.'

9Now, O LORD God, let Thy promise unto David my father be established; for Thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David: 'Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

1 Chronicles 17:16Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said: 'Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that Thou hast brought me thus far?

1 Chronicles 29:23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel hearkened to him.

Psalms 86:13For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.

Psalms 89:49(89-50) Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?

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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