1 Kings 3:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you, and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Common English Bible

⁶ Solomon responded, “You showed so much kindness to your servant my father David when he walked before you in truth, righteousness, and with a heart true to you. You’ve kept this great loyalty and kindness for him and have now given him a son to sit on his throne.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And Solomon said: "You have shown great mercy to your servant David, my father, because he walked in your sight in truth and justice, and with an upright heart before you. And you have kept your great mercy for him, and you have given him a son sitting upon his throne, just as it is this day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And Solomon said: Thou hast shewn great mercy to thy servant David my father, even as he walked before thee in truth, and justice, and an upright heart with thee; and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

1 Kings 3:6 Cross References

Genesis 24:40

But he said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you and make your way successful. You shall get a wife for my son from my kindred, from my father’s house.

2 Samuel 22:21

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

2 Samuel 22:25

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

2 Samuel 7:5

“Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?

1 Kings 1:48

and went on to pray thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who today has granted one of my offspring to sit on my throne and permitted me to witness it.’ ”

1 Kings 15:5

because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 2:4

Then the Lord will establish his word that he spoke concerning me: ‘If your heirs take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a successor on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 3:14

If you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your life.”

1 Kings 9:4

As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my ordinances,

2 Kings 20:3

“Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.

2 Chronicles 1:8

Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to my father David and have made me succeed him as king.

Psalm 116:7

Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

Psalm 119:17

Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word.

Psalm 13:6

I will sing to the Lord because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 15:2

Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right and speak the truth from their heart;

Numbers 12:7

Not so with my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.

2 Corinthians 9:11

You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us,

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for this bountiful gift that you have promised, so that it may be ready as a bountiful gift and not as an extortion.