1 Kings 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

Thy people

Cannot

1 Chronicles 27:23

General references

Genesis 12:2

Genesis 13:16

Deuteronomy 1:12

Bible References

Thy people

If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

Cannot

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.

But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.

General references

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?