World English Bible
2 Chronicles 1:8
“Solomon said to God, "You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.”
Verse in context — 2 Chronicles 1
6
Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
7
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you.
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Solomon said to God, "You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
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Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
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Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
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Solomon’s reign and Judah’s history until the Babylonian exile.
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