1 Kings 2:12

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And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.

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  • 2 Chr 1:1 : 1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.
  • Ps 72:8-9 : 8 Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth. 9 Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust. 10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores. 11 Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants. 12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need. 14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes. 15 May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day. 16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth. 17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name. 18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders. 19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it. 20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.>
  • Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me. 37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)
  • Ps 132:12 : 12 If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.
  • 2 Sam 7:12-13 : 12 And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong. 13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
  • 2 Sam 7:29 : 29 So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!
  • 1 Kgs 1:46 : 46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.
  • 1 Chr 29:23-25 : 23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority. 24 And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king. 25 And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

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  • 1 Chr 29:23-26
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    23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

    24 And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.

    25 And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

    26 Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45-46
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    45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

    46 So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-48
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    46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

    47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.

    48 Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.

  • 2 Chr 1:1-2
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    1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

    2 And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
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    8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

    9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

  • 1 Kgs 1:37-38
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    37 As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.

    38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
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    1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
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    6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

  • 1 Kgs 2:19
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    19 So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
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    35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30
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    30 As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

  • 1 Chr 29:28
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    28 And he came to his end after a long life, full of days and great wealth and honour; and Solomon his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
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    16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
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    12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
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    13 So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:42-43
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    42 And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

    43 And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
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    10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

  • 2 Chr 9:30-31
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    30 Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.

    31 And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 1 Chr 28:5
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    5 And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13
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    13 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.

  • 1 Chr 17:14
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    14 But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
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    17 And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
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    7 I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.

  • 2 Sam 7:12
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    12 And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

  • 1 Kgs 2:24
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    24 Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

  • 1 Kgs 2:1
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    1 Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,

  • 1 Chr 17:11-12
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    11 And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

    12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
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    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

  • 1 Kgs 2:11
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    11 David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
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    1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
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    2 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
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    24 And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

  • 1 Chr 22:17
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    17 Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 1:11
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    11 Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

  • 1 Kgs 1:13
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    13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

  • 2 Chr 2:1
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    1 Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20
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    20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.