1 Kings 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

Thou hast

Daniel 2:21

Daniel 4:25

Daniel 5:18

A little

Matthew 18:3

To go

General references

Exodus 3:11

Deuteronomy 1:12

Matthew 18:2

Bible References

Thou hast

He changes the times and seasons;
He removes kings and establishes kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those
who have understanding.

You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and He gives it to anyone He wants.

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

A little

Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the temple will not be for man but for the Lord God.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth
and your princes feast in the morning.

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

To go

who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the Lord’s community won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.”

saying, “I am now 120 years old; I can no longer act as your leader. The Lord has told me, ‘You will not cross this Jordan.’

But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was leading their troops.

Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.’”

The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

General references

But Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?

Then He called a child to Him and had him stand among them.