2 Chronicles 1:8

And Solomon says to God, “You have done great kindness with my father David, and have caused me to reign in his stead.

Literal Standard Version

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 has appeared to Solomon and says to him, “Ask—what do I give to you?”

9Now, O YHWH God, Your word with my father David is steadfast, for You have caused me to reign over a people [as] numerous as the dust of the earth;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan says to David, “You [are] the man! Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I anointed you for king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;

1 Chronicles 17:16And David the king comes in and sits before YHWH, and says, “Who [am] I, O YHWH God, and what [is] my house, that You have brought me here?

1 Chronicles 29:23And Solomon sits on the throne of YHWH for king instead of his father David, and prospers, and all of Israel listens to him,

Psalms 86:13For Your kindness [is] great toward me, || And You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

Psalms 89:49Where [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, || [Which] You have sworn to David in Your 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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