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1 Kings 2:12 Catholic Bible: Solomon succeeded his father David as king, and his royal power was firmly established.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Kings 2:12 Catholic Bible: Solomon succeeded his father David as king, and his royal power was firmly established. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_kings/2-12.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_kings/2-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_kings/2-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_kings/1.htm">1 Kings</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_kings/2.htm">Chapter 2</a> > Verse 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/2-11.htm" title="1 Kings 2:11">◄</a> 1 Kings 2:12 <a href="../1_kings/2-13.htm" title="1 Kings 2:13">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_kings/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_kings/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Solomon succeeded his father David as king, and his royal power was firmly established. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_kings/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />His son Solomon became king and took control of David's kingdom. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingship was established.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="hdg2">2990 B.C.</p><p class="hdg2">1014 An. 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Is.</p><p class="hdg2">477 <br>sat Solomon</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/1-46.htm">1 Kings 1:46</a> Moreover, Solomon sitteth upon the throne of the kingdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/29-23.htm">1 Chronicles 29:23-25</a> And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and he pleased all: and all Israel obeyed him. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/1-1.htm">2 Chronicles 1:1</a> And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/132-12.htm">Psalm 132:12</a> If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.</p><p class="hdg">his kingdom</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12,13,29</a> And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/72-8.htm">Psalm 72:8</a> And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/89-36.htm">Psalm 89:36,37</a> His seed shall endure for ever. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/2.htm">David's Reign and Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>And the days that David reigned in Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in Jerusalem thirty-three. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl">And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.</span><div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/2-46.htm">1 Kings 2:46</a></span><br />So the king commanded Banaias, the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him; and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/23-1.htm">1 Chronicles 23:1</a></span><br />David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/29-23.htm">1 Chronicles 29:23</a></span><br />And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and he pleased all: and all Israel obeyed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/1-1.htm">2 Chronicles 1:1</a></span><br />And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/2-11.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-5.htm">Established</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-35.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-40.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-46.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-48.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-33.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-46.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-46.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-46.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-1.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-2.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">Throne</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">Established</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-46.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-7.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-15.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-7.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-17.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-19.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-19.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-13.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-15.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-19.htm">Throne</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/1_kings/2-12.htm">1 Kings 2:12 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and David established father firmly his kingdom of on rule sat So Solomon the throne was<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_kings/2-12.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 2:12 Solomon sat on the throne of David (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/2-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 2:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 2:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/2-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 2:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 2:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Catholic Bible --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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