1 Kings 3:8

New American Bible - revised edition

I, your servant, among the people you have chosen, a people so vast that it cannot be numbered or counted.

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.

1 Chronicles 21:2

David therefore said to Joab and to the other generals of the army, “Go, number the Israelites from Beer-sheba to Dan, and report back to me that I may know their number.”

Genesis 22:17

I will bless you and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants will take possession of the gates of their enemies,

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants too might be counted.

Psalm 78:71

From tending ewes God brought him, to shepherd Jacob, his people, Israel, his heritage.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the sake of his own great name the Lord will not abandon his people, since the Lord has decided to make you his people.

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands by the sea; they ate and drank and rejoiced.

Leviticus 26:9

I will look with favor upon you, and make you fruitful and numerous, as I carry out my covenant with you.