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2Ch 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

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

Correlating Passages

let thy promise

	2Sa 7:12	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.
	2Sa 7:13	He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
	2Sa 7:14	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:
	2Sa 7:15	But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
	2Sa 7:16	And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
	2Sa 7:25	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.
	2Sa 7:26	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.
	2Sa 7:27	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.
	2Sa 7:28	And now, O Lord GOD, thou [art] that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
	2Sa 7:29	Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
	1Ch 17:11	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.
	1Ch 17:12	He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
	1Ch 17:13	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:
	1Ch 17:14	But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
	1Ch 17:23	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.
	1Ch 17:24	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.
	1Ch 17:25	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.
	1Ch 17:26	And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
	1Ch 17:27	Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and [it shall be] blessed for ever.
	1Ch 28:6	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.
	1Ch 28:7	Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
	Psa 89:35	Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
	Psa 89:36	His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
	Psa 89:37	It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
	Psa 132:11	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.
	Psa 132:12	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.

for thou hast

	1Ki 3:7	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.
	1Ki 3:8	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.

like the dust

	Gen 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.
	Gen 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;
	Num 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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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 1:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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