2 Chronicles 9:8

New King James Version

Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God.

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

1 Kings 3:28

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

1 Chronicles 17:22

For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, Lord, have become their God.

1 Chronicles 28:5

And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:10

Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” So all the assembly blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king.

1 Chronicles 29:23

Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

2 Chronicles 13:8

And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the gold calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods.

2 Chronicles 2:10

And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

2 Chronicles 2:11

Then Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.

2 Chronicles 9:7

Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

2 Chronicles 9:9

And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Psalm 18:19

He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

Psalm 22:8

“He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

Psalm 72:2

He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice.

Psalm 99:4

The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 29:4

The king establishes the land by justice, But he who receives bribes overthrows it.

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 62:4

You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the Lord delights in you, And your land shall be married.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Deuteronomy 7:8

but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.