Verse 8

2 Chronicles 9:8

World English Bible, British Edition

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8 Blessed be the LORD your God (Elohim), who delighted in you and set you on his throne to be king for the LORD your God (Elohim), because your God (Elohim) loved Israel, to establish them forever. Therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

יְהִ֨י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ בָּר֔וּךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפֵ֣ץ בְּ/ךָ֗ לְ/תִתְּ/ךָ֤ עַל כִּסְא/וֹ֙ לְ/מֶ֔לֶךְ לַ/יהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ בְּ/אַהֲבַ֨ת אֱלֹהֶ֤י/ךָ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְ/הַעֲמִיד֣/וֹ לְ/עוֹלָ֔ם וַ/יִּתֶּנְ/ךָ֤ עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ לְ/מֶ֔לֶךְ לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּ/צְדָקָֽה

English Translation

May the LORD your God be blessed, who desired you to set you upon His throne as king for the LORD your God, in the love of your God for Israel, to establish him forever, and He set you over them as king to execute justice and righteousness.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon with hard questions a... Focus ↗

2 Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell h... Focus ↗

3 When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, Focus ↗

4 the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers, their clothing,... Focus ↗

5 She said to the king, “It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wis... Focus ↗

6 However I didn’t believe their words until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and behold half of the g... Focus ↗

7 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear you... Focus ↗

8 Blessed be the LORD your God (Elohim), who delighted in you and set you on his throne to be king for...

9 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious st... Focus ↗

10 The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum t... Focus ↗

11 The king used algum tree wood to make terraces for the LORD’s house and for the king’s house, and ha... Focus ↗

12 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, more than that which she... Focus ↗

13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gol... Focus ↗

14 in addition to that which the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governo... Focus ↗

15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went... Focus ↗

16 He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The... Focus ↗

17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. Focus ↗

18 There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and... Focus ↗

19 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was nothing like i... Focus ↗

20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of... Focus ↗

21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years, the ship... Focus ↗

22 So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. Focus ↗

23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God (Elohim) had... Focus ↗

24 They each brought tribute: vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armour, spices, horses, and... Focus ↗

25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen that he stati... Focus ↗

26 He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of... Focus ↗

27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant as the s... Focus ↗

28 They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt and out of all lands. Focus ↗

29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they written in the history of Nathan th... Focus ↗

30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. Focus ↗

31 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son r... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 9 (31 verses)
Version: World English Bible, British Edition

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