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

And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, {for all the earth is mine},

For you [are] a holy people for Yahweh your God; Yahweh your God has chosen you to be for him a people, a treasured possession from [among] all the peoples that [are] on the face of the earth.

For Yahweh will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name, because Yahweh has decided to make you his [own] people.

He brought him from following nursing ewes to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

Cannot

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be [so] counted.

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

that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies.

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

And David did not {take a census of those twenty years old or under} because Yahweh promised to make Israel more numerous than the stars of heaven.

General references

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

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be [so] counted.

How can I bear you {by myself}, your burden and your load and your strife?