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2 Chronicles 1:8

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And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 28:5Rank 1 from verse 8
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    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.

  2. Isaiah 55:3Rank 2 from verse 8
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    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. 1 Chronicles 29:23Rank 3 from verse 8
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    23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

  4. 2 Samuel 12:7–8Rank 4 from verse 8
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    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.

  5. 2 Samuel 22:51–1Rank 5 from verse 8
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  6. 2 Samuel 7:8–9Rank 6 from verse 8
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    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.

  7. Psalms 86:13Rank 7 from verse 8
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    13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

  8. Psalms 89:20–28Rank 8 from verse 8
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    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.

  9. Psalms 89:49Rank 9 from verse 8
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    49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

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2 Chronicles 1:8

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shewed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of show (to reveal, declare, display, or make known).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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reign

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stead

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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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1:7¶ In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

1:8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

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1:9Now, 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.

1:10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

1:11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

1:12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

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