1 Kings 3:7

New Century Version

Lord my God, now you have made me, your servant, king in my father’s place. But I am like a little child; I don’t know how to do what must be done.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:2

Even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in battle. The Lord said to you, ‘You will be a shepherd for my people Israel. You will be their leader.’ ”

1 Chronicles 22:5

David said, “We should build a great Temple for the Lord, which will be famous everywhere for its greatness and beauty. But my son Solomon is young. He hasn’t yet learned what he needs to know, so I will prepare for the building of it.” So David got many of the materials ready before he died.

1 Chronicles 22:9

But, you will have a son, a man of peace and rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies around him. His name will be Solomon, and I will give Israel peace and quiet while he is king.

1 Chronicles 29:1

King David said to all the Israelites who were gathered, “God chose my son Solomon, who is young and hasn’t yet learned what he needs to know, but the work is important. This palace is not for people; it is for the Lord God.

Psalm 121:8

The Lord will guard you as you come and go, both now and forever.

Proverbs 18:12

Proud people will be ruined, but the humble will be honored.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

How terrible it is for a country whose king is a child and whose leaders eat all morning.

Jeremiah 1:6

Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.”

Jeremiah 1:7

But the Lord said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am only a boy.’ You must go everywhere I send you, and you must say everything I tell you to say.

Daniel 2:21

He changes the times and seasons of the year. He takes away the power of kings and gives their power to new kings. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and knowledge to those who understand.

Daniel 4:25

You will be forced away from people to live among the wild animals. People will feed you grass like an ox, and dew from the sky will make you wet. Seven years will pass, and then you will learn this lesson: The Most High God is ruler over every kingdom on earth, and he gives those kingdoms to anyone he chooses.

Daniel 4:32

You will be forced away from people. You will live with the wild animals and will be fed grass like an ox. Seven years will pass before you learn this lesson: The Most High God rules over every kingdom on earth and gives those kingdoms to anyone he chooses.”

Daniel 5:18

“O king, the Most High God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great, important, and powerful king.

Daniel 5:21

He was forced away from people, and his mind became like the mind of an animal. He lived with the wild donkeys and was fed grass like an ox and became wet with dew. These things happened to him until he learned his lesson: The Most High God rules over every kingdom on earth, and he sets anyone he chooses over those kingdoms.

Numbers 27:17

who will go in and out before them. He must lead them out like sheep and bring them in; the Lord’s people must not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

John 10:9

I am the door, and the person who enters through me will be saved and will be able to come in and go out and find pasture.

Deuteronomy 31:2

“I am now one hundred twenty years old, and I cannot lead you anymore. The Lord told me I would not cross the Jordan River;

1 Samuel 18:16

But all the people of Israel and Judah loved David because he led them well in battle.