2 Chronicles 1:9

2 Chronicles 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now, O Lord God, let Your promise to David my father be established, for You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

Context of 2 Chronicles 1:9

7That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” 8Solomon replied to God, “You showed great and faithful love to David, my father, and now you have made me king in his place. O Lord God, please continue to keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth! 10Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly, for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?” 11God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people—

2 Chronicles 1:9 word by word

עַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים יֵֽאָמֵן֙ דְּבָ֣רְךָ֔ עִ֖ם דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑י כִּ֤י אַתָּה֙ הִמְלַכְתַּ֔נִי עַל־עַ֕ם רַ֖ב כַּעֲפַ֥ר הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• let thy promiseדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• unto Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• my fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• be establishedאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• for thou hast made me kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• over a peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• like the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• in multitudeרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 1:9

• 2 Samuel 7:12For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong.
• 1 Chronicles 17:11For when you die and join your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.
• 1 Chronicles 28:6He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my Temple and its courtyards, for I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.
• Psalms 89:35I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:
• Psalms 132:11The Lord swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back: “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
• 1 Kings 3:7“Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around.
• Genesis 13:16And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
• Genesis 22:17I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
• Numbers 23:10Who can count Jacob’s descendants, as numerous as dust? Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people? Let me die like the righteous; let my life end like theirs.”

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Let thy promise - דברך debarcha, thy word; פתגמך pithgamach, Targum. It is very remarkable that when either God or man is represented as having spoken a word then the noun פתגם pithgam is used by the Targumist; but when word is used personally, then he employs the noun מימרא meymera, which appears to answer to the of St. John, John 1:1, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12See “Solomon’s Wisdom” Theme Note.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 1:9

• Communion
• God
• Solomon

In the dictionaries

• David
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Gibeon
• Seek
• Solomon
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Gold

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings