2 Chronicles 1:8

8 And Solomon said to God, "You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, ¹and have made me king in his place.

2 Chronicles 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 1:8

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 1:7)

2 Chronicles 1:8 In-Context

6 And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, 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 And Solomon said to God, "You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

9 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.

10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 28:5