1 Kings 3:6

Easy To Read Version

Solomon answered, “You were very kind to your servant, my father David. He followed you. He was good and lived right. And you showed the greatest kindness to him when you allowed his son to rule on his throne {after him}.

Cross References

Genesis 24:40

But my master said to me, ‘I serve the Lord, and the Lord will send his angel with you and help you. You will find a wife for my son among my people there.

2 Samuel 22:21

The Lord will give me my reward Because I did what is right, I did nothing wrong, so he will do good things for me.

2 Samuel 22:25

So the Lord will give me my reward! Why? Because I did what is right! The way he sees it, I did nothing wrong, so he will do good things for me.

2 Samuel 7:5

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in.

1 Kings 1:48

and said, ‘Praise the Lord God of Israel. The Lord put one of my own sons on my throne. And he let me live to see it.”

1 Kings 15:5

David had always done the right things that the Lord wanted. He had always obeyed the Lord’s commands. The only time David did not obey the Lord was the time David sinned against Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 2:4

And if you obey the Lord, then the Lord will keep his promise about me. The Lord said, ‘If your sons carefully live the way I tell them, sincerely, with all their heart, then the king of Israel will always be a man from your family.’”

1 Kings 3:14

I ask you to follow me and obey my laws and commands. Do this the way your father David did. If you do this, then I will also give you a long life.”

1 Kings 9:4

You must serve me the same way your father David did. He was fair and sincere. And you must obey my laws and do all the things that I commanded you.

2 Kings 20:3

“Lord, remember that I have truly served you with all my heart. I have done the things that you say are good.” Then Hezekiah cried very hard.

2 Chronicles 1:8

Solomon said to God, “You were very kind to my father David. You chose me to be the new king in my father’s place.

Psalm 116:7

My soul, relax!\par The Lord is caring for you.\par

Psalm 119:17

Be good to me, your servant, so I might be able to live and obey your commands.\par

Psalm 13:6

I sing a happy song to the Lord\par because he did good things for me.\par

Psalm 15:2

Only a person who lives a pure life,\par and does good things,\par and speaks truth from the heart\par \{can live on your mountain\}.\par

Numbers 12:7

But Moses is not like that. Moses is my faithful servant—I trust him with my whole house (family)!

2 Corinthians 9:11

God will make you rich in every way so that you can always give freely. And your giving through us will make people give thanks to God.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought that I should ask these brothers to go to you before we come. They will finish making ready the gift you promised. Then the gift will be ready when we come, and it will be a gift you wanted to give—not a gift that you hated to give.