Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV Now, 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.
- NKJV Now, O Lord 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.
- NASB Now, Lord God, Your promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
- NLT O Lord God, please continue to keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth!
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Quick answer
Solomon asks God to confirm his promise to David, noting the vast multitude he must govern. He pleads God's own word back to him.
Overview
Solomon appeals to God's covenant with David and the Abrahamic promise of innumerable descendants (like the dust of the earth). By holding God to his stated promises, Solomon shows faith that God keeps his word. Such promise-based prayer reflects confidence that God is faithful, a faithfulness ultimately secured in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Gen 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
- 2 Sam 7:12–16And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Ps 89:35–37Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
- Ps 132:11–12The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
- Gen 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- 1 Chr 17:23–27And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
- 2 Sam 7:25–29And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
- 1 Chr 28:6–7And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- 1 Chr 17:11–14And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kgs 3:7–8And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
- Num 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
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