2 Chronicles 1:8

And Salomon sayde vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to reigne in his stead.

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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

7The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.

9Nowe therefore, O Lord God, let thy promise vnto Dauid my father be true: for thou hast made mee King ouer a great people, like to the dust of the earth.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul,

1 Chronicles 17:16And Dauid the King went in and sate before the Lord and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

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 86:13For great is thy mercie toward me, and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest graue.

Psalms 89:49Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?

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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