1 Kings 3:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Solomon{H8010} said,{H559} Thou hast showed{H6213} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} great{H1419} lovingkindness,{H2617} according as he walked{H1980} before{H6440} thee in truth,{H571} and in righteousness,{H6666} and in uprightness{H3483} of heart{H3824} with thee; and thou hast kept{H8104} for him this great{H1419} lovingkindness,{H2617} that thou hast given{H5414} him a son{H1121} to sit{H3427} on his throne,{H3678} as it is this day.{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Solomon{H8010} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thou hast shewed{H6213}{(H8804)} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} great{H1419} mercy{H2617}, according as he walked{H1980}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thee in truth{H571}, and in righteousness{H6666}, and in uprightness{H3483} of heart{H3824} with thee; and thou hast kept{H8104}{(H8799)} for him this great{H1419} kindness{H2617}, that thou hast given{H5414}{(H8799)} him a son{H1121} to sit{H3427}{(H8802)} on his throne{H3678}, as it is this day{H3117}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Salomo saide: Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt. Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes, and in a true hert with the, & this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him, and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate, as it is now come to passe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Salomon sayd, Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie, when hee walked before thee in trueth, and in righteonsnes, & in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercie, and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Solomon saith, `Thou hast done with Thy servant David my father great kindness, as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee, and Thou dost keep for him this great kindness, and dost give to him a son sitting on his throne, as `at' this day.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 And if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments:
  • 1 Kgs 1:48 : 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.
  • 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; nor shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as before, 11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house. 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-8 : 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more.
  • 2 Sam 22:47-51 : 47 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 48 It is God who avenges me and brings down the people under me, 49 And who brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above those who rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praises to your name. 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his offspring forevermore.
  • Num 12:7 : 7 'My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.'
  • 2 Sam 7:5 : 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and did not turn aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beg You, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • 1 Chr 29:12-14 : 12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all; in Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, and of Your own have we given You.
  • Ps 13:6 : 6 I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me.
  • Ps 18:20-24 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. 24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
  • Ps 116:7 : 7 Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
  • Ps 119:17 : 17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
  • 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brethren, that they would go ahead to you and prepare in advance your generous gift, which had been promised before, that it might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not as of covetousness.
  • 2 Cor 9:11 : 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 1:7-12
    6 verses
    89%

    7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.

    8 And Solomon said to God, You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his place.

    9 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.

    10 Give me now 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?

    11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of your enemies, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:

    12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.

  • 1 Kgs 3:7-10
    4 verses
    81%

    7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

    8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.

    9 Therefore give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil: for who is able to judge this your great people?

    10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

  • 79%

    14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth, who keeps covenant and shows mercy unto your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts:

    15 You who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him; and spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

    16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.

  • 79%

    12 Behold, I have done according to your words: lo, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like you before you, nor shall any arise like unto you.

    13 And I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto you all your days.

    14 And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.

    15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

  • 5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what I shall give you.

  • 27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

  • 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

  • 19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.

  • 30 even as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my place; even so will I certainly do this day.

  • 9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.

  • 76%

    23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, who keeps covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart:

    24 Who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him: you also spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

    25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.

  • 37 As the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.

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    46 And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

    47 Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

    48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.

  • 8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you to set you on His throne as king for the LORD your God! Because your God loved Israel to establish them forever, He made you king over them to execute justice and righteousness.

  • 20 And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 12 As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:

  • 1 Chr 28:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

    6 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

    7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he remains steadfast to obey my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

  • 35 Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 38 And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

  • 7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the LORD today, who has given David a wise son over this great people.

  • 45 And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.

  • 12 Then Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

  • 4 That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

  • 1 Furthermore, King David said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 17 And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

  • 21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great things, to make your servant know them.

  • 3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

  • 10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.