King James Version
1 Kings 3:7 in the King James Version says “And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know ...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.”
1 Kings 3:7 · KJV
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. mercy: or, bounty
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? understanding: Heb. hearing
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And now O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“child”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“and I am but a little”
H6996abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“I know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“not how to go out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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