2 Chronicles 1:8
6 Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
9 Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
10 Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
- KJV
- And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
- WEB
- Solomon said to God, “You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
- ASV
- And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
- DARBY
- And Solomon said to God, Thou hast shewn unto David my father great loving-kindness, and hast made me king in his stead.
- BLB
- And Solomon said to God, “You have shown to David my father great loving devotion and have made me king in his place.
- ÅB
- Salomo svarte Gud: Du har vist stor miskunnhet mot min far David og gjort meg til konge i hans sted.
- OTB
- Salomo sa til Gud,
“Du har vist stor trofasthet mot min far David,
og Du har gjort meg til konge i hans sted. - B1930
- Salomo svarte Gud: Du har vist stor miskunnhet mot min far David og gjort mig til konge i hans sted.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
Read in contextPsalms 86:13
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:23
So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:7–8
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
Read in context2 Samuel 22:51–23:1
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
Read in contextPsalms 89:20–28
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
Read in contextPsalms 89:49
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
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