2 Chronicles 1:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

Let thy promise

Psalm 132:11

For thou hast

1 Kings 3:7

Like the dust

Genesis 13:16

Genesis 22:17

Numbers 23:10

Bible References

Let thy promise

When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.

When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.

“Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

The Lord has sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

For thou hast

Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

Like the dust

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

“Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel?

Let me die the death of the upright,

And let my end be like his!”