2 Chronicles 1:8

And Solomon said to God, Thou hast shown great mercy to David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

Webster Bible

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 God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

9Now, O LORD God, let thy promise to David my father be established: for thou hast 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, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from 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 my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

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 thy mercy towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Psalms 89:49LORD, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy 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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