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2 Chronicles 1

2 Chron. 1:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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
, let thy promise
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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
be established
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
: for thou hast made me king
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
over a people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
βlike the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
in multitude
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
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much as the dust of the earth.

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Cross References

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let thy promise.
2 Sam. 7:12‑16,25‑29• 12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
 13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.
 14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
 15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
 16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever.
 25And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as thou hast said.
 26And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
 27For thou, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
 28And now, O Jehovah God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
 29therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever. (2 Sam. 7:12‑16,25‑29)
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1 Chron. 17:11‑14,23‑27• 11And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
 12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
 13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
 14but I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
 23Therefore now, Jehovah, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as thou hast, said.
 24Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
 25For thou, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee.
 26And now, Jehovah, thou art that God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;
 27and now, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee forever; for thou, Jehovah, hast blessed it, and it shall be blessed forever. (1 Chron. 17:11‑14,23‑27)
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1 Chron. 28:6‑7• 6And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
 7And I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be firm to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day. (1 Chron. 28:6‑7)
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Psa. 89:35‑37• 35Once have I sworn in my holiness,{HR}I will not lie to David,
 36His seed shall be forever,{HR}And his throne as the sun before me,
 37As the moon is established forever,{HR}As the witness in the sky [is] firm. Selah. (Psa. 89:35‑37)
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Psa. 132:11‑12• 11Jehovah hath sworn to David [in] truth;{HR}He will not turn from it:{HR}Of the fruit of thy body (belly){HR}Will I set upon thy throne;
 12If thy sons will keep my covenant{HR}And my testimony that I will teach them,{HR}Their sons also shall sit upon thy throne forever. (Psa. 132:11‑12)
for thou hast.
1 Kings 3:7‑8• 7And now, Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not to go out and to come in.
 8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. (1 Kings 3:7‑8)
like the dust.
Heb. much as the dust.
Gen. 13:16• 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. (Gen. 13:16)
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Gen. 22:17• 17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:17)
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Num. 23:10• 10Who can count the dust of Jacob,{HR}And the number of the fourth part of Israel?{HR}Let me die the death of the righteous,{HR}And let my last end be like his! (Num. 23:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now, Jehovah Elohim, let thy word unto David my father be firm; for thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.

W. Kelly Translation

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Now O Jehovah 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.