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 out justice and righteousness.”
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Blessed is the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Blessed
- 1 Kings 5:7; Psalm 72:17–19
- delighteth
- Psalm 18:19; Psalm 22:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 62:4
- because the
- Deuteronomy 7:8; 1 Chronicles 17:22; 2 Chronicles 2:11
- to do
- 2 Samuel 8:15; 2 Samuel 23:3; Psalm 72:2; Proverbs 8:15, 16; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 11:4, 5; Isaiah 32:1, 2; Jeremiah 23:5, 6; Romans 13:3, 4