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2 Chronicles 1:8
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Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom
8
Solomon
said
to
God
, "You have
dealt
with my
father
David
with
great
lovingkindness
, and
1
have
made
me
king
in his
place
.
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2 Chronicles 1:8 Meaning and Commentary
2 Chronicles 1:8
(
See Gill on
2 Chronicles 1:7
)
Taken from
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Chronicles 1:8 In-Context
6
Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
7
In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."
8
Solomon said to God, "You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, 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 now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?"
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1 Chronicles 28:5
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