2 Chronicles 1:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

Genesis 22:17

I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore. Thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just; and my last end be like to them.

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: Thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: AND IN THEE AND THY SEED ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.

1 Chronicles 28:5

And among my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

Matthew 25:16

And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five.