2 Chronicles 9:8

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Summary

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

Which delighted

Because thy god

2 Chronicles 2:11

Deuteronomy 7:8

1 Chronicles 17:22

To do judgment

Bible References

Which delighted

And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.

Because thy god

Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.

But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

To do judgment

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.