And Solomon replied, “You have shown great and faithful love to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity.[a] You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne,(A) as it is today.(B)

Lord my God, you have now made your servant king in my father David’s place.(C) Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.[b](D) Your servant is among your people you have chosen,(E) a people too many to be numbered or counted.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Lit and uprightness of heart with you
  2. 3:7 Lit am a little youth and do not know to go out or come in

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