1 Kings 3:8

But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

In Context

7And now, O Lord my God, thou hast appointed thy servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out and my coming in.

9Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people?

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Cross References

Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if anyone is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

Genesis 22:17surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

Leviticus 26:9And I will look upon you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name’s sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.

1 Chronicles 21:2And King David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me the account, and I shall know their number.

1 Chronicles 27:23But David took not their number from twenty years old and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:6-16

God's Appearance to Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king… Read the whole commentary →

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