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2 Chronicles 1

2 Chron. 1:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, Thou hast showed
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
unto David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
my father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and hast made me to reign
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
in his steadb.
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1 Chron. 28:5• 5{i}and of all my sons, (for Jehovah has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel{/i}. (1 Chron. 28:5)

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Cross References

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Thou has shewed.
2 Sam. 7:8‑9• 8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people over Israel:
 9and I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. (2 Sam. 7:8‑9)
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2 Sam. 12:7‑8• 7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
 8and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. (2 Sam. 12:7‑8)
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2 Sam. 22:51• 51{i}It is he who giveth great deliverances to his king,{HR}And showeth loving-kindness to his anointed,{HR}To David, and to his seed for evermore.{/i} (2 Sam. 22:51)
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2 Sam. 23:1• 1These be the last words of David.{HR}David the son of Jesse said,{HR}And the man who was raised up on high,{HR}The anointed of the God of Jacob,{HR}And the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, (2 Sam. 23:1)
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Psa. 86:13• 13For thy mercy [is] great unto me,{HR}And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Psa. 86:13)
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Psa. 89:20‑28,49• 20I have found David my servant,{HR}With my holy oil have I anointed him;
 21With whom my hand shall be established,{HR}Also, mine arm shall strengthen him.
 22No enemy shall exact upon him,{HR}Nor son of wickedness afflict him.
 23And I will beat down his adversaries before him,{HR}And will smite his haters.
 24And my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him,{HR}And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
 25And I will set his hand in the sea,{HR}And in the rivers his right hand.
 26{i}He{/i} shall call upon me, My father [art] {i}thou,{/i}{HR}My God (El) and the rock of my salvation.
 27And for me, I will make him first-born,{HR}Highest of kings of earth.
 28My mercy will I keep for him,{HR}And my covenant [shall be] fixed for him.
 49Where [are] thy former mercies,{HR}Lord, thou swarest to David in thy faithfulness? (Psa. 89:20‑28,49)
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Isa. 55:3• 3Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. (Isa. 55:3)
to reign.
1 Chron. 28:5• 5{i}and of all my sons, (for Jehovah has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel{/i}. (1 Chron. 28:5)
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1 Chron. 29:23• 23Then Solomon sat upon the throne of Jehovah as king, instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. (1 Chron. 29:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Solomon said to God, Thou hast shewn unto David my father great loving-kindness, and hast made me king in his stead.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father. And hast made me to reign in his stead.