2 Chronicles 1:9 - Exposition

Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established. This challenge on the part of Solomon, intended, without doubt, most reverently, is not given in the parallel place, and forms not only a distinctive but an interesting additional feature of the present account. It is thought by some that the "promise "here challenged is not very distinctly recorded anywhere, but surely passages like 1 Chronicles 17:12-14 ; 1 Chronicles 22:10 ; 1 Chronicles 28:6 , 1 Chronicles 28:7 amply meet the case. See also 2 Samuel 7:12 , 2 Samuel 7:15 . King over a people like the dust . It is noteworthy that, though the equivalent of this phrase is found in the parallel, the distinctiveness of this simile is not found there. (For the use of the simile to express a vast number, see Genesis 28:14 ; Numbers 23:10 ; Zephaniah 1:17 ; Zechariah 9:3 .) It is not at all of frequent use in Scripture.