2 Chronicles 9:8

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.

Blessed {H1288} be the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430}, which delighted {H2654} in thee to set {H5414} thee on his throne {H3678}, to be king {H4428} for the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430}: because thy God {H430} loved {H160} Israel {H3478}, to establish {H5975} them for ever {H5769}, therefore made {H5414} he thee king {H4428} over them, to do {H6213} judgment {H4941} and justice {H6666}.

Blessed be ADONAI your God, who took pleasure in you to put you on his throne, so that you could be king for ADONAI your God. Because of your God's love for Isra'el, to establish them forever, he has made you king over them, to administer law and judgment."

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

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

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 2:11 (5 votes)

    ¶ Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:23 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

  • Deuteronomy 7:8 (3 votes)

    But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • Isaiah 32:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

  • Isaiah 32:2 (3 votes)

    And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:5 (2 votes)

    And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

  • Psalms 22:8 (2 votes)

    He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.