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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.

For thou hast

Bible References

Let thy promise

2 Samuel 7:12
When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 17:11
When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Chronicles 28:6
He said to me, 'Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.
Psalm 89:35
Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.
Psalm 132:11
The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

For thou hast

1 Kings 3:7
Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David's place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.

Like the dust

Genesis 13:16
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
Genesis 22:17
I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."

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