1 Kings 2:12
Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:29Therefore nowe let it please thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may continue for euer before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and let the house of thy seruant be blessed for euer, with thy blessing.
1 Kings 1:30That as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and hee shall sit vpon my throne in my place, so will I certainely doe this day.
1 Kings 1:46And Salomon also sitteth on the throne of the kingdome.
1 Chronicles 29:23So Salomon sate on the throne of the Lord, as King in steade of Dauid his father, and prospered: and all Israel obeyed him.
Psalms 72:8His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the endes of the land.
Psalms 132:12If thy sonnes keepe my couenant, and my testimonies, that I shall teach them, their sonnes also shall sit vpon thy throne for euer.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:2-12
David's Dying Charge; David's Death and Burial. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 4… Read the whole commentary →