1 Kings 3:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thy servant

Numbers 12:7

2 Samuel 7:5

Great

Psalm 78:70

Mercy

According

That

1 Kings 1:48

Bible References

Thy servant

My slave Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.

Go and tell my slave David, Thus hath the LORD said, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

Great

Now, therefore, so shalt thou say unto my slave David, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;

Then Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus hath said the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul,

The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God who is the rock of my salvation.

The riches and the glory are before thee, and thou dost reign over all, and in thy hand is power and might and in thy hand the greatness and the strength of all things.

He chose David also his slave and took him from the sheepfolds,

Mercy

I will sing unto the LORD because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee.

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy slave that I may live and keep thy word.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would first go unto you and prepare beforehand your blessing, of which ye had given notice before that the same might be ready as a blessing, and not as of covetousness.

According

that the LORD may confirm the word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, walking before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

And if thou wilt walk before me as David, thy father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, keeping my statutes and my rights,

Because David had done that which was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from any thing that he had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept with great weeping.

He that walks in integrity and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.

The LORD will reward me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he shall recompense me.

That

And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, mine eyes even seeing it.