2 Chronicles 1 · Verse 9

2 Chronicles 1:9

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.

2 Chronicles 1:9, King James Version

2 Chronicles 1:9 in other translations

BSB	Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
WEB	Now, LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
ASV	Now, O Jehovah 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.
YLT	Now, O Jehovah God, is Thy word with David my father stedfast, for Thou hast caused me to reign over a people numerous as the dust of the earth;
DARBY	Now, Jehovah Elohim, let thy word unto David my father be firm; for thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.
BBE	Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.
Webster	Now, O LORD God, let thy promise to David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

What does 2 Chronicles 1:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 9 Let thy promise - דברך debarcha, thy word; פתגמך pithgamach, Targum. It is very remarkable that when either God or man is represented as having spoken a word then the noun פתגם pithgam is used by the Targumist; but when word is used personally, then he employs the noun מימרא meymera, which appears to answer to the Λογος of St. John, Joh 1:1, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 1:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַתָּה֙'a.TahnowH6258

יְהוָ֣הYah.wehO YahwehH3068

אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimGodH430

יֵֽאָמֵן֙ye.'a.Menlet it be establishedH539

דְּבָ֣רְךָ֔de.Va.re.khaword yourH1697

עִ֖ם'imwithH5973

דָּוִ֣ידda.VidDavidH1732

אָבִ֑י'a.Vifather myH1

כִּ֤יkiforH3588

אַתָּה֙'a.TahyouH859

הִמְלַכְתַּ֔נִיhim.lakh.Ta.niyou have made king meH4427

עַל\־'al-overH5921

עַ֕ם'ama peopleH5971

רַ֖בravnumerousH7227

כַּעֲפַ֥רka.'a.Farlike [the] dust ofH6083

הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 1:9

2 Samuel 7:12-16
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. …
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Psalms 132:11-12
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
Psalms 89:35-37
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
1 Chronicles 28:6-7
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
1 Chronicles 17:23-27
Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: …
1 Kings 3:7-8
And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 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.
2 Samuel 7:25-29
And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: …
1 Chronicles 17:11-14
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

let thy promise.
2Sa 7:12-16,25-29; 1Ch 17:11-14,23-27; 28:6,7; Ps 89:35-37
Ps 132:11,12
for thou hast.
1Ki 3:7,8
like the dust. Heb. much as the dust.
Ge 13:16; 22:17; Nu 23:10

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Context

2 Chronicles 1:8
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
2 Chronicles 1:9
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.
2 Chronicles 1:10
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

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2 Chronicles 1:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Confírmese pues ahora, oh Jehová Dios, tu palabra dada á David mi padre; porque tú me has puesto por rey sobre un pueblo en muchedumbre como el polvo de la tierra.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	maintenant, Éternel Dieu, que ta parole à David, mon père, soit ferme; car tu m’as établi roi sur un peuple nombreux comme la poussière de la terre:
German Elberfelder 1871	nun möge sich, Jehova Gott, dein Wort bewähren, das du zu meinem Vater David geredet hast! Denn du hast mich zum König gemacht über ein Volk, das zahlreich ist wie der Staub der Erde.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Nunc ergo Domine Deus, impleatur sermo tuus quem pollicitus es David patri meo: tu enim me fecisti regem super populum tuum multum, qui tam innumerabilis est quam pulvis terræ.