8Solomon said to God, |You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.


In Context

5 Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.

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.|

8 Solomon said to God, |You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

9 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.

10 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?|

2 Chronicles 1:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Solomon answered God, "You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8And Solomon said to God, Thou hast shewn unto David my father great loving-kindness, and hast made me king in his stead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And Solomon said to God: Thou hast shewn great kindness to my father David: and hast made me king in his stead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8And Solomon saith to God, 'Thou hast done with David my father great kindness, and hast caused me to reign in his stead.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And Solomon said to God, You have showed great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his stead.