2 Chronicles 9:8
in 2 Chronicles 9Blessed 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseFor the Lord - In the Lord's name and stead, in a special manner, because he sat in God's own throne, and ruled over God's peculiar people, and did in an eminent manner maintain the honour of God in his land, and in the eyes of all the world. Those mercies are doubly sweet, in which we can taste the kindness and good will of God as our God.
This site's exposition
Happy are thy men
on 2 Chronicles 9:7-8
Her blessing moves from Solomon's household to God himself, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God. The phrase leans on the doctrine 1 Chr 28:5 and 29:23 already state outright, that Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord, and here a foreign queen confirms from outside what the Chronicler asserts from inside. Henry traces the king's happiness and the kingdom's up to the same fountain, the divine favour that loved Israel for ever.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The happiness of both king and kingdom she traces up to the fountain of all bliss, the divine favour: it was because thy God delighted in thee and because he loved Israel. Those mercies are doubly sweet in which we can taste the kindness and good will of God as our God. It becomes those that are wise and good to be generous according to their place and power.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהִ֨י | yehi | may he be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בָּר֔וּךְ | barukh | blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָפֵ֣ץ | chafetz | he has delighted | H2654 → | |
| בְּךָ֗ | bekha | in you | ||
| לְתִתְּךָ֤ | letitekha | to put you | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּסְאוֹ֙ | kiso | throne his | H3678 → | 135 times |
| לְמֶ֔לֶךְ | lemelekh | to king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לַיהוָ֖ה | layahweh | for Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת | beahavat | because loves | H157 → | 211 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְהַעֲמִיד֣וֹ | lehaamido | to make stand it | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לְעוֹלָ֔ם | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| וַיִּתֶּנְךָ֤ | vaiyitenkha | and he has appointed you | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶם֙ | ʾaleihem | over them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לְמֶ֔לֶךְ | lemelekh | to king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִשְׁפָּ֥ט | mishpat | justice | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וּצְדָקָֽה׃ | utzedakah | and righteousness | H6666 → |
יְהִ֨יmay he be
yehiH1961 →3559 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙God your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
בָּר֔וּךְblessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָפֵ֣ץhe has delighted
chafetzH2654 →
בְּךָ֗in you
bekha
לְתִתְּךָ֤to put you
letitekhaH5414 →2011 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כִּסְאוֹ֙throne his
kisoH3678 →135 times
לְמֶ֔לֶךְto king
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
לַיהוָ֖הfor Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
בְּאַהֲבַ֨תbecause loves
beahavatH157 →211 times
אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְהַעֲמִיד֣וֹto make stand it
lehaamidoH5975 →521 times
לְעוֹלָ֔םfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
וַיִּתֶּנְךָ֤and he has appointed you
vaiyitenkhaH5414 →2011 times
עֲלֵיהֶם֙over them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
לְמֶ֔לֶךְto king
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
מִשְׁפָּ֥טjustice
mishpatH4941 →422 times
וּצְדָקָֽה׃and righteousness
utzedakahH6666 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:8But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
it leads to
- Exodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
- Ephesians 2:4–5
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Exodus 32:13
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will…
- Isaiah 43:4
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Exodus 20:2
Through
2 Chronicles 2:11Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 10:9
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry…
- 1 Kings 10:9
Through
1 Chronicles 29:23So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:12
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
- 1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- 1 Kings 2:12
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.