1 Kings 3:8 “Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too nu…”

1 Kings 3:8

Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and Thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,

Bible in Basic English

And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

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Cross references

“thy people”

Deuteronomy 7:6–8 1 Samuel 12:22 Psalm 78:71 Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6

Deuteronomy 7:6–8 · BSB

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

1 Samuel 12:22 · BSB

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

Psalm 78:71 · BSB

from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Exodus 19:6 · BSB

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

“cannot”

Genesis 15:5 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 22:17 1 Chronicles 21:2 1 Chronicles 21:5 1 Chronicles 21:6

Genesis 15:5 · BSB

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 13:16 · BSB

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 22:17 · BSB

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

1 Chronicles 21:2 · BSB

So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

1 Chronicles 21:5 · BSB

And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.

1 Chronicles 21:6 · BSB

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

9Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

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