2 Chronicles 9:8

New International Version

Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: ‘When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.

1 Kings 10:9

Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.

1 Chronicles 17:22

You made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.

1 Chronicles 28:5

Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many—he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:10

David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the Lord your God.” So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king.

1 Chronicles 29:23

So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.

2 Chronicles 13:8

“And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.

2 Chronicles 2:10

I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.”

2 Chronicles 2:11

Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”

2 Chronicles 9:7

How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

2 Chronicles 9:9

Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Psalm 18:19

He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

Psalm 22:8

“He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”

Psalm 72:2

May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

Psalm 99:4

The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.

Proverbs 21:3

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 62:4

No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

Deuteronomy 7:8

But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.