2 Chronicles 1:8

Solomon said to God, “You have shown great covenant faithfulness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

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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

7God appeared to Solomon that night and said to him, “Ask! What should I give you?”

9Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be carried out, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you out of the hand of Saul.

1 Chronicles 17:16Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh; he said, “Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my family, that you have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 29:23Then Solomon sat on Yahweh's throne as king instead of David his father. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

Psalms 86:13For great is your covenant faithfulness toward me; 1 you have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol. 1

Psalms 89:49Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness 1 that you swore to David in your truthfulness? 1

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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