2 Chronicles 1:8
New International Version
Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place.

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.

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.

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.

King James Bible
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign 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.

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.

NASB 1995
Solomon said to God, “You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and have made me king in his place.

NASB 1977
And Solomon said to God, “Thou hast dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and hast made me king in his place.

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.

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

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.

Holman 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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon answered: LORD God, you were always loyal to my father David, and now you have made me king of Israel.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Solomon responded to God, "You've shown great love to my father David, and you've 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.

International Standard Version
Solomon replied to God, "You showed great gracious love to my father David, and have established me as king in his place.

Majority 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.

NET Bible
Solomon replied to God, "You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

New Heart English Bible
Solomon said to God, "You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

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.

World English Bible
Solomon said to God, “You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Solomon says to God, “You have done great kindness with my father David, and have caused me to reign in his stead.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Solomon will say to God, Thou didst great mercy with David my father, and hast caused me to reign in his stead.
Catholic Translations
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Solomon said to God: “You have shown great mercy to my father David. And you have appointed me as king in his place.

New American Bible
Solomon answered God: “You have shown great favor to David my father, and you have made me king to succeed him.

New Revised Standard Version
Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to my father David, and have made me succeed him as king.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Solomon said to the LORD, Thou hast shown great mercy to David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Solomon said to LORD JEHOVAH: “You have performed with David my father great favor and you have established me in the kingdom after him.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Solomon said unto God: 'Thou hast shown great kindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Solomon said to God, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with my father David, and hast made me king in his stead.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom
7That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” 8Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place. 9Now, 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.…

Cross References
1 Kings 3:6
Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

1 Kings 2:4
and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

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, / so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You. / For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You. ...

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.

1 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.

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. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ...

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, / so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You. / For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You. ...

Psalm 89:3-4
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: / ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

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. / If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

Matthew 1:1
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Luke 1:32-33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

Luke 1:69-70
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, / as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

Acts 2:30
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Romans 1:3
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,


Treasury of Scripture

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

Thou has shewed

2 Samuel 7:8,9
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: …

2 Samuel 12:7,8
And 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 out of the hand of Saul; …

2 Samuel 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

to reign

1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

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

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Solomon replied to God
This phrase marks the beginning of Solomon's response to God, highlighting the direct communication between the divine and the king. The Hebrew root for "replied" (עָנָה, anah) implies a thoughtful and considered response, indicating Solomon's awareness of the gravity of speaking to God. This interaction underscores the personal relationship between God and His chosen leaders, a theme prevalent throughout the Old Testament.

You have shown great loving devotion
The Hebrew word for "loving devotion" is חֶסֶד (chesed), a term rich with meaning, often translated as "steadfast love" or "mercy." It conveys God's unwavering commitment and kindness, which is a central theme in the covenantal relationship between God and Israel. This phrase acknowledges God's faithfulness to David, Solomon's father, and sets the stage for Solomon's reign under the same divine favor.

to my father David
By referencing "my father David," Solomon acknowledges the dynastic promise God made to David, which is a cornerstone of Israel's history. David is a pivotal figure, and his relationship with God is characterized by a covenant that promises an everlasting kingdom. This historical context emphasizes the continuity of God's promises and the legitimacy of Solomon's rule.

and You have made me king in his place
This phrase highlights the divine appointment of Solomon as king, underscoring the belief that leadership is ordained by God. The Hebrew verb for "made" (מָלַךְ, malak) indicates the act of establishing or setting up a king, reinforcing the idea that Solomon's kingship is not merely a result of human succession but a fulfillment of divine will. This reflects the biblical principle that God raises leaders according to His purposes, a reassurance for those who trust in His sovereign plan.

(8) Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David.--Literally, Thou, thou hast done great kindness with David. (The regular phrase; comp. Luke 1:72.) From this point the relation here is briefer on the whole than that of Kings. The greater part of the long verse (1Kings 3:6) is omitted, and the variations between the two texts become numerous, though the general sense is the same in each.

And hast made me to reign in his stead.--Comp. 1Kings 3:7; and the similar language of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria (B.C. 681-668): "Ever since Asshur, Samas, Bel, Nebo . . . made me, Esarhaddon, sit securely on the throne of my father" (Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia, 3:15, Colossians 2).

Verse 8. - Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father. These also are the exact words found in the parallel place, but they omit the words, "thy servant," before "David," found there. And hast made me to reign in his stead. This concise expression takes the place of two equivalent expressions, found at the end of the sixth and beginning of the seventh verses in the parallel passage, the former of which passages also describes it as "this great kindness," i.e. kindness on the part of God - a description very much in harmony with David's own grateful acknowledgment to God (1 Kings 1:48). Up to this point our present account differs from its parallel in cutting out Solomon's eulogy of his father ("According as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee"), and his humbler disparagement of himself ("And I, a little child, know not how to go out or come in").

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹה֙ (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

replied
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to God:
לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

“You
אַתָּ֗ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

have shown
עָשִׂ֛יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

great
גָּד֑וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

and loving devotion
חֶ֣סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

to
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

my father
אָבִ֖י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

David,
דָּוִ֥יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and You have made me king
וְהִמְלַכְתַּ֖נִי (wə·him·laḵ·ta·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

in his place.
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ (taḥ·tāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of


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