1 Kings 3:8

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Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

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  • Gen 15:5 : 5 The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
  • Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. 7 The Basis of Israel’s Election It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples. 8 Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.
  • 1 Chr 21:2 : 2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army,“Go, count the number of warriors from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.”
  • 1 Chr 21:5-6 : 5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. 6 Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.
  • 1 Chr 27:23-24 : 23 David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll called The Annals of King David.
  • Ps 78:71 : 71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:9-10
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    9So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

    10The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6-7
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    6Solomon 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.

    7Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-12
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    8Solomon replied to God,“You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

    9Now, LORD God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

    10Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

    11God said to Solomon,“Because you desire this, and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, and because you did not ask for long life, but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

    12you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.”

  • 1 Kgs 3:12-13
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    12I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.

    13Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request– riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.

  • 1 Chr 17:17-19
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    17And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O LORD God.

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

    19O LORD, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.

  • 1 Kgs 10:8-9
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    8Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

    9May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 2 Sam 7:19-21
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    19And you didn’t stop there, O LORD God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Sovereign LORD?

    20What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Sovereign LORD!

    21For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 8:52-53
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    52“May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.

    53After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O Sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

  • 2 Chr 9:7-8
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    7Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

    8May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
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    4The LORD God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. Indeed, he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.

    5From all the many sons the LORD has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.

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    20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

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    7“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

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    10The LORD your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

  • 1 Kgs 8:23-26
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    23He prayed:“O LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

    24You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

    25Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’

    26Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
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    1The People Contribute to the Project King David said to the entire assembly:“My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 2 Sam 7:8-9
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    8“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

    9I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.

  • Neh 1:10
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    10They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand.

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
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    28But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O LORD my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.

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    25for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you.

    26Now, O LORD, you are the true God; you have made this good promise to your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
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    27Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”

  • 2 Sam 24:3
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    3Joab replied to the king,“May the LORD your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

  • Deut 7:6
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    6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

  • Ps 33:12
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    12How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

  • Deut 3:24
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    24“O, Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength.(What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

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    44“When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the LORD toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

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    14Provision for Kingship When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”

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    43You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

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    3Joab replied,“May the LORD make his army a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”

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    15You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

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    25So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,