2 Chronicles 1:9

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

Literal

Now, O YHWH God, let Your promise to David my father be established. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

Latin

Nunc ergo Domine Deus, impleatur sermo tuus quem pollicitus es David patri meo: tu enim me fecisti regem super populum tuum multum, qui tam innumerabilis est quam pulvis terræ.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

2 Chronicles 1:7–12

See “Solomon’s Wisdom” Theme Note.

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon Solomon’s Wisdom

Related verses

2 Samuel 7:12–16
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
Psalm 132:11–12
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
Psalm 89:35–37
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
1 Chronicles 17:23–27
And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
1 Kings 3:7–8
And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
1 Chronicles 17:11–14
And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
1 Chronicles 28:6–7
And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
2 Samuel 7:25–29
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

Parallels

1 Kings 3:1–15 Psalm 45:1–17 Psalm 72:1–20

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Gibeon, Gibeonites

Topics

Communion: Solomon God: Appearances of To Solomon Holy Land: Numerous Population of, in Solomon's Reign Solomon: His Prayer for Wisdom, and his Vision

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