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Solomon said, You have shown to Your servant David my father great mercy and loving-kindness, according as he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart with You; and You have kept for him this great kindness and steadfast love, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.

Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David my father, and I am [a]but a lad [in wisdom and experience]; I know not how to go out (begin) or come in (finish).

Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who cannot be counted for multitude.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:7 Solomon was already a father (see I Kings 11:42; 14:21).

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