2 Chronicles 1:8

And Solomon said unto God, You have showed great mercy unto David my father, and have made me to reign in his position.

Updated King James 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 did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give you.

9Now, O LORD God, let your promise unto David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;

1 Chronicles 17:16And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that you have brought me until now?

1 Chronicles 29:23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

Psalms 86:13For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the low hell.

Psalms 89:49Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you sware unto David in your truth?

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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