2 Chronicles 9:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath been pleased to set thee on his throne, king of the Lord thy God. Because God loveth Israel, and will preserve them for ever: therefore hath he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:11

And Hiram king of Tyre sent a letter to Solomon, saying: Because the Lord hath loved his people, therefore he hath made thee king over them.

1 Chronicles 29:23

And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father. And he pleased all: and all Israel obeyed him.

Deuteronomy 7:8

But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.

Isaiah 9:7

His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace. He shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom: to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Proverbs 21:3

To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

Psalm 99:4

Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him. Praise ye his name:

Psalm 72:2

But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.

1 Chronicles 29:20

And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers. And they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.

1 Chronicles 29:10

And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude; and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

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.

1 Chronicles 17:22

And thou hast made thy people Israel to be thy own people for ever: and thou, O Lord, art become their God.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom thou hast pleased, and who hath set thee upon the throne of Israel: because the Lord hath loved Israel for ever, and hath appointed thee king, to do judgment and justice.

1 Kings 3:28

And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged: and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all Israel: and David did judgment and justice to all his people.

Isaiah 62:4

Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken, and thy land shall no more be called Desolate: but thou shalt be called My pleasure in her, and thy land inhabited. Because the Lord hath been well pleased with thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.

Isaiah 42:1

BEHOLD my servant: I will uphold him. My elect: my soul delighteth in him. I have given my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

2 Chronicles 9:7

Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:9

And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and most precious stones. There were no such spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.

Proverbs 29:4

A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.

2 Chronicles 2:10

And I will give thy servants the workmen that are to cut down the trees, for their food, twenty thousand cores of wheat, and as many cores of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.

2 Chronicles 13:8

And now you say that you are able to withstand the kingdom of the Lord, which he possesseth by the sons of David: and you have a great multitude of people, and golden calves, which Jeroboam hath made you for gods.