1 Reyes 3:8

Listen to 1 Reyes 3:8
8 Sin embargo, aqu铆 me tienes, un siervo tuyo en medio del pueblo que has escogido, un pueblo tan numeroso que es imposible contarlo.

1 Reyes 3:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 3:8

And thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast
chosen
To be his special and peculiar people above all people on the earth; this is not to be understood locally, though Jerusalem, where his palace was, was in the middle of the land; but of the exercise of his office, he being placed over the people, and among them, and having the care and inspection of them:

a great people, that cannot be numbered and counted for multitude;
being for number as the stars in the sky, and as the sand upon the seashore, as had been promised.

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1 Reyes 3:8 In-Context

6 Salom贸n respondi贸:鈥擳煤 trataste con mucho amor a tu siervo David, mi padre, pues se condujo delante de ti con lealtad y justicia, y con un coraz贸n recto. Y, como hoy se puede ver, has reafirmado tu gran amor al concederle que un hijo suyo lo suceda en el trono.
7 禄Ahora, SE脩OR mi Dios, me has hecho rey en lugar de mi padre David. No soy m谩s que un muchacho, y apenas s茅 c贸mo comportarme.
8 Sin embargo, aqu铆 me tienes, un siervo tuyo en medio del pueblo que has escogido, un pueblo tan numeroso que es imposible contarlo.
9 Yo te ruego que le des a tu siervo discernimiento para gobernar a tu pueblo y para distinguir entre el bien y el mal. De lo contrario, 驴qui茅n podr谩 gobernar a este gran pueblo tuyo?
10 Al Se帽or le agrad贸 que Salom贸n hubiera hecho esa petici贸n,
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