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[a] integrity. 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[c] people too numerous to be numbered or counted.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:6 Lit and with You
  2. 1 Kings 3:7 Lit am a little youth and do not know to go out or come in
  3. 1 Kings 3:8 Lit chosen many

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