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For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, <i>that is so</i> great?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can rule this great people of Thine?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can do justice for this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in [performing my duties] before this people, for [otherwise] who can rule <i>and</i> administer justice to this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of yours? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of Yours?&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and make me wise. Give me the knowledge I'll need to be the king of this great nation of yours. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Give me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people. After all, who can judge this great people of yours?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />so give me the wisdom and knowledge I need to rule over them. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Give me wisdom now, so I may go in and out among this people, because who can rule this great people that belongs to you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy great people?<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />now, give wisdom and knowledge to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who judges this—Your great people?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Now wilt thou give to me wisdom and knowledge, and I shall go out before this people, and come in: for who shall judge this thy great people?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Give me wisdom and knowledge that I may come in and go out before thy people: for who can worthily judge this thy people, which is so great? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Give to me wisdom and understanding, so that I may enter and depart before your people. For who is able worthily to judge this, your people, who are so great?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Give me, therefore, wisdom and knowledge to govern this people, for otherwise who could rule this vast people of yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of yours?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy people that is so great?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also now, give me wisdom and knowledge, for I will be entering and going out at the front of this people, for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this Thy people, that is so great?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Now give me wisdom and understanding, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who shall judge this thy great people?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=98" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ten- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">grant</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451: ḥāḵ·māh (N-fs) -- Wisdom. From chakam; wisdom.">wisdom</a> <a href="/hebrew/4093.htm" title="4093: ū·mad·dā‘ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Knowledge, thought. Or maddai; from yada'; intelligence or consciousness.">and knowledge,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·’ê·ṣə·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">so that I may lead</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·’ā·ḇō·w·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām- (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: yiš·pōṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To judge, govern. ">is able to govern</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gā·ḏō·wl (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people of Yours?”</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-9.htm">1 Kings 3:9</a></span><br />Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-5.htm">James 1:5</a></span><br />Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-6.htm">Proverbs 2:6</a></span><br />For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-13.htm">Proverbs 3:13-18</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, / for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. / She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-7.htm">Proverbs 4:7</a></span><br />Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:11-12</a></span><br />Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun. / For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-11</a></span><br />Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. / Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm">1 Kings 4:29-30</a></span><br />And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore. / Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Ephesians 1:17-18</a></span><br />that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. / I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-9.htm">Colossians 1:9</a></span><br />For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Daniel 2:21</a></span><br />He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-10.htm">Proverbs 8:10-11</a></span><br />Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. / For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-16.htm">Proverbs 16:16</a></span><br />How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/28-12.htm">Job 28:12-28</a></span><br />But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? / No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. / The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-15.htm">Luke 21:15</a></span><br />For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great?</p><p class="hdg">give me</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/3-9.htm">1 Kings 3:9</a></b></br> 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?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-34.htm">Psalm 119:34,73</a></b></br> Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with <i>my</i> whole heart… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2-6</a></b></br> So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, <i>and</i> apply thine heart to understanding; … </p><p class="hdg">go out</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17</a></b></br> Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm">Deuteronomy 31:2</a></b></br> And he said unto them, I <i>am</i> an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm">2 Samuel 5:2</a></b></br> Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.</p><p class="hdg">for who can</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/2-16.htm">2 Corinthians 2:16</a></b></br> To the one <i>we are</i> the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who <i>is</i> sufficient for these things?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/3-5.htm">2 Corinthians 3:5</a></b></br> Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency <i>is</i> of God;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/29-14.htm">Able</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-7.htm">Govern</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-8.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-33.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-24.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-30.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-12.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/2-6.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/34-17.htm">Govern</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-11.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-12.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-11.htm">Wisdom</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-1.htm">The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-7.htm">Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">Solomon's forces and wealth</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now grant me wisdom and knowledge</b><br>Solomon's request for wisdom and knowledge is significant as it reflects his understanding of the immense responsibility of leadership. In the ancient Near Eastern context, wisdom was highly valued, often associated with the ability to govern effectively and make just decisions. Solomon's request aligns with the biblical theme that true wisdom comes from God (<a href="/proverbs/2-6.htm">Proverbs 2:6</a>). This request also foreshadows the wisdom literature attributed to Solomon, such as Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon, which emphasize the importance of divine wisdom.<p><b>so that I may lead this people</b><br>Solomon's desire to lead the people highlights his recognition of the role of a king as a shepherd to his nation, a concept rooted in the Old Testament (<a href="/psalms/78-72.htm">Psalm 78:72</a>). The phrase "this people" refers to the Israelites, God's chosen people, whom Solomon was appointed to rule. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the king serves as God's representative. Solomon's request underscores the biblical principle that leadership is a service to others, not a means of self-exaltation (<a href="/matthew/20-26.htm">Matthew 20:26-28</a>).<p><b>For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?</b><br>Solomon acknowledges the greatness of the people, which can be understood in terms of their number, their history, and their special status as God's chosen nation (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>). This rhetorical question emphasizes Solomon's humility and awareness of his limitations, recognizing that governing such a people requires divine assistance. The phrase "of Yours" signifies the theocratic nature of Israel, where God is the ultimate ruler. This echoes the biblical theme that all authority is established by God (<a href="/romans/13.htm">Romans 13:1</a>) and points to the need for leaders to seek God's guidance in their governance. Solomon's request and subsequent divine grant of wisdom prefigure the perfect wisdom and leadership of Jesus Christ, who is described as the "wisdom of God" (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-24.htm">1 Corinthians 1:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon is the newly anointed king of Israel. Known for his wisdom, Solomon's reign is marked by peace and prosperity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who appears to Solomon in a dream, offering him anything he desires. Solomon's request for wisdom pleases God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, whom Solomon is tasked with leading. The nation is at a pivotal point, transitioning from David's reign to Solomon's.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/gibeon.htm">Gibeon</a></b><br>The place where Solomon offers sacrifices and where God appears to him in a dream. It is significant as a high place of worship before the temple is built in Jerusalem.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>Though not directly mentioned in this verse, the temple is a central aspect of Solomon's reign and a symbol of God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_priority_of_wisdom.htm">The Priority of Wisdom</a></b><br>Solomon's request underscores the importance of seeking wisdom above material wealth or power. As believers, we should prioritize spiritual discernment in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>Solomon's desire for wisdom is rooted in his responsibility to lead God's people. This teaches us that leadership requires humility and reliance on God's guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_generosity.htm">God's Generosity</a></b><br>God's response to Solomon demonstrates His willingness to give generously to those who seek His will. We are encouraged to approach God with our needs, trusting in His provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prayer.htm">The Role of Prayer</a></b><br>Solomon's request is a form of prayer, showing us the importance of communicating with God and seeking His direction in our decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_wisdom.htm">The Impact of Wisdom</a></b><br>Solomon's wisdom not only benefits him but also the entire nation of Israel. Our pursuit of wisdom should aim to bless others and glorify God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_keep_heart_and_actions_pure.htm">What does reverence for God mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_god's_sovereignty_mean.htm">What does God's sovereignty mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_highlight_solomon's_grandeur_here.htm">2 Chronicles 1 – Why does this passage emphasize Solomon’s grandeur when other records of his reign mention serious moral and political failures?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_chr_1_7_-_did_god_appear_to_solomon.htm">2 Chronicles 1:7 – How could God physically appear to Solomon and speak to him, and what evidence supports this event? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Give me now wisdom and knowledge.</span>--<span class= "ital">Now wisdom and knowledge give thou me;</span> a petition co-ordinate with that of <a href="/2_chronicles/1-9.htm" title="Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.">2Chronicles 1:9</a> : "Now, O Lord God," &c. The clause answers to <a href="/1_kings/3-9.htm" title="Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this your so great a people?">1Kings 3:9</a>. The word rendered "knowledge" (<span class= "ital">madda'</span>) is late, and occurs besides only in <a href="/daniel/1-4.htm" title="Children in whom was no blemish, but well favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.">Daniel 1:4</a>; <a href="/daniel/1-17.htm" title="As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.">Daniel 1:17</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-20.htm" title="Curse not the king, no not in your thought; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.">Ecclesiastes 10:20</a>.<p><span class= "bld">That I may go out and come in before this people.</span>--See <a href="/1_kings/3-7.htm" title="And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.">1Kings 3:7</a>; <a href="/numbers/27-17.htm" title="Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.">Numbers 27:17</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm" title="And he said to them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.">Deuteronomy 31:2</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Give me now wisdom and knowledge</span>. The force of the opening of this verse, and the relation of it to the former, are both prejudiced by the "now" (<span class="hebrew">עַתּה</span>) being deposed from its right position as the <span class="accented">first</span> word in the verse. For the rest of this verse, the parallel passage has "an understanding heart" in place of our "wisdom <span class="accented">and knowledge</span>;" and "that I may discern between good and bad," in place of our <span class="cmt_word">that I may go out and come in before this people</span>. In using the words, "wisdom and knowledge," Solomon seems to have remembered well the prayer of his father (<a href="/1_chronicles/22-12.htm">1 Chronicles 22:12</a>). (For the pedigree of the simple and effective phrase, "know how to go out and come in," see <a href="/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm">Deuteronomy 31:2</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/18-13.htm">1 Samuel 18:13, 16</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/3-25.htm">2 Samuel 3:25</a>). It is at the same time refreshing to revisit the times when the most exalted nominal ruler was also the real ruler, as being the leader, the judge, the teacher in the highest sense, and "the feeder" of his people. Nor is it less refreshing to notice how, in Israel at least, the fact was so well recognized and honoured, that <span class="accented">justice</span> and <span class="accented">to judge just judgment</span> lay at the deepest foundation of civil society. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grant</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ten-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">wisdom</span><br /><span class="heb">חָכְמָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥāḵ·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2451.htm">Strong's 2451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wisdom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and knowledge,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַדָּע֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mad·dā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4093.htm">Strong's 4093: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intelligence, consciousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that I may lead</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵֽצְאָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·ṣə·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽעָם־</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is able to govern</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁפֹּ֔ט</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·pōṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">great</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגָּדֽוֹל׃</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people of Yours?”</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמְּךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">2 Chronicles 1:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge that (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 1:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 1:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 1:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 1:11" /></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"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>