2 Chronicles 1:8
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
And Solomon saide vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father, and hast made *me to reigne in his stead:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-reference1.Chro. 28.5.
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- 1 Chronicles 28:5Rank 1 from verse 8
5And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
5*And of all my sonnes (for the LORD hath giuen me many sonnes) hee hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the throne of the kingdome of the LORD ouer Israel.
- Isaiah 55:3Rank 2 from verse 8
3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
3*Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
- 1 Chronicles 29:23Rank 3 from verse 8
- 2 Samuel 12:7–8Rank 4 from verse 8
7¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord 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.
7¶ And Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man: thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I *anointed thee king ouer Israel, and I deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul,
8And I gaue thee thy Masters house, and thy Masters wiues into thy bosome, and gaue thee the house of Israel and of Iudah, and if that had bene too litle, I would moreouer haue giuen vnto thee such and such things.
- 2 Samuel 22:51–1Rank 5 from verse 8
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- 2 Samuel 7:8–9Rank 6 from verse 8
8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord 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.
8Now therefore so shalt thou say vnto my seruant Dauid; Thus sayth the LORD of hostes, *I tooke thee from the sheepe-cote, †from following the sheepe, to be ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.
9And I was with thee withersoeuer thou wentest, and haue cut off all thine enemies †out of thy sight, and haue made thee a great name, like vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
- Psalms 86:13Rank 7 from verse 8
- Psalms 89:20–28Rank 8 from verse 8
20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
20*I haue found Dauid my seruant: with my holy oile haue I anointed him.
21With whome my hand shall bee established: mine arme also shall strengthen him.
22The enemie shall not exact vpon him: nor the sonne of wickednesse afflict him.
23And I will beate downe his foes before his face: and plague them that hate him.
24But my faithfulnesse and my mercy shalbe with him: and in my name shall his horne be exalted.
25I will set his hand also in the sea: and his right hand in the riuers.
26He shall crie vnto mee, Thou art my father: my God, and the rocke of my saluation.
27Also I will make him my first borne: higher then the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will I keepe for him for euermore: and my couenant shall stand fast with him.
- Psalms 89:49Rank 9 from verse 8
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2 Chronicles 1:8
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The one true God.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of show (to reveal, declare, display, or make known).
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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The place, position, office, or role occupied by one person or thing in substitution for another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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7¶ In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
7¶ In that night did God appeare vnto Solomon, and saide vnto him; Aske what I shall giue thee.
8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
8And Solomon saide vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father, and hast made *me to reigne in his stead:
Selected passage9Now, O Lord 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.
9Now, O LORD God, let thy promise vnto Dauid my father be established: *for thou hast made mee King ouer a people, †like the dust of the earth in multitude.