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

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.

from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.

Cannot

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,

So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, "Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number."

David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven.

General references

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?