Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Amplified Bible

2 Chronicles 1:8

Then Solomon said to God, "You have shown great lovingkindness and mercy to my father David, and have made me king in his place.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Communion;   God;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elect, Election;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 16;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Solomon said to God, "You have shown great lovingkindness to my father David, and have made me king in his place.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Solomon said to God, "You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and have made me king in his place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon saide vnto God: Thou hast shewed great mercie vnto Dauid my father, and hast made me to raigne in his steade.
Darby Translation
And Solomon said to God, Thou hast shewn unto David my father great loving-kindness, and hast made me king in his stead.
New King James Version
And Solomon said to God: "You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
Literal Translation
And Solomon said to God, You have acted with great kindness with my father David, and have made me king in his place.
Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon said to God, "You were very kind to my father David when you allowed me to rule on his throne after him.
World English Bible
Solomon said to God, You have shown great lovingkindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
King James Version (1611)
And Solomon saide vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father, and hast made me to reigne in his stead:
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomon sayde vnto God: Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid, and hast made me kynge in his steade.
THE MESSAGE
Solomon answered, "You were extravagantly generous with David my father, and now you have made me king in his place. Establish, God , the words you spoke to my father, for you've given me a staggering task, ruling this mob of people. Yes, give me wisdom and knowledge as I come and go among this people—for who on his own is capable of leading these, your glorious people?"
American Standard Version
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
Bible in Basic English
And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.
Update Bible Version
And Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving-kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his stead.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon said to God, Thou hast shown great mercy to David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
New English Translation
Solomon replied to God, "You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.
Contemporary English Version
Solomon answered: Lord God, you were always loyal to my father David, and now you have made me king of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
Shlomo said to God, "You showed much grace to your servant David my father and have made me king in his place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salomon sayde vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to reigne in his stead.
George Lamsa Translation
And Solomon said to the LORD, Thou hast shown great mercy to David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo said to God, You have shown great lovingkindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon said unto God: 'Thou hast shown great kindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
New Living Translation
Solomon replied to God, "You showed great and faithful love to David, my father, and now you have made me king in his place.
New Life Bible
Solomon said to God, "You have acted toward my father David with great loving-kindness. And You have made me king in his place.
New Revised Standard
Solomon said to God, "You have shown great and steadfast love to my father David, and have made me succeed him as king.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon said to God, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with my father David, and hast made me king in his stead.
English Revised Version
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great kindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon replied to God: "You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Solomon said unto God, Thou thyself, didst deal with David my father in great lovingkindness, - and hast made me king in his stead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon said to God: Thou hast shewn great kindness to my father David: and hast made me king in his stead.
Lexham English Bible
Then Solomon said to God, "You yourself have shown steadfast loyal love to David my father and have made me king in his place.
English Standard Version
And Solomon said to God, "You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
New American Standard Bible
And Solomon said to God, "You have dealt with my father David with great faithfulness, and have made me king in his place.
New Century Version
Solomon answered, "You have been very kind to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.
Good News Translation
Solomon answered, "You always showed great love for my father David, and now you have let me succeed him as king.
Christian Standard Bible®
And Solomon said to God: "You have shown great and faithful love to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Salomon seide to God, Thou hast do greet mersi with Dauid, my fadir, and hast ordeyned me kyng for hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon saith to God, `Thou hast done with David my father great kindness, and hast caused me to reign in his stead.
Revised Standard Version
And Solomon said to God, "Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.

Contextual Overview

1Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. 2Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' (ancestors') households. 3Then Solomon and all the assembly went to the high place at Gibeon [to offer sacrifices, where the Canaanites had habitually worshiped], for God's Tent of Meeting was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. 4But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. 5Now the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the tabernacle of the LORD, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out. 6And Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the LORD at the Tent of Meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. 7That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give to you." 8Then Solomon said to God, "You have shown great lovingkindness and mercy to my father David, and have made me king in his place.9"Now, O LORD God, Your promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. 10"Give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in [performing my duties] before this people, for [otherwise] who can rule and administer justice to this great people of Yours?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou has showed: 2 Samuel 7:8, 2 Samuel 7:9, 2 Samuel 12:7, 2 Samuel 12:8, 2 Samuel 22:51, 2 Samuel 23:1, Psalms 86:13, Psalms 89:20-28, Psalms 89:49, Isaiah 55:3

to reign: 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 29:23

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:24 - set me 2 Timothy 2:7 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that this was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.
Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Genesis 1:19
And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female, and blessed them and named them Mankind at the time they were created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

:-

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The verbal differences between this passage and the corresponding one of Kings 1 Kings 3:5-14 are very considerable, and indicate the general truth that the object of the sacred historians is to give a true account of the real bearing of what was said: not ordinarily to furnish us with all or the exact words that were uttered. The most important point omitted in Chronicles, and supplied by Kings, is the conditional promise of long life made to Solomon 1 Kings 3:14; while the chief point absent from Kings, and recorded by our author, is the solemn appeal made by Solomon to the promise of God to David his father 2 Chronicles 1:9, which he now called upon God to “establish,” or to perform.

2 Chronicles 1:12

I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor - Remark that the writer says nothing of any promise to Solomon of “long life,” which, however, had been mentioned in 2 Chronicles 1:11 among the blessings which he might have been expected to ask. The reason for the omission would seem to lie in the writer’s desire to record only what is good of this great king. Long life was included in the promises made to him; but it was granted conditionally; and Solomon not fulfilling the conditions, it did not take effect (1 Kings 3:14 note).


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile