1-kings 3:8

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And your servant is in the middle of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And your servant is in the middle of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

Webster's Revision

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.

World English Bible

Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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.

Barnes's 1-kings 3:8 Bible Commentary

Compare the marginal references. Solomon regards the promises as fulfilled in the existing greatness and glory of the Jewish nation.

Wesley's 1-kings 3:8 Bible Commentary

3:8 In the midst - Is set over them to rule and guide them.A metaphor from the overseer of divers workmen, who usually is in the midstof them, that he may the better observe how each of them discharges hisoffice. Chosen - Thy peculiar people, whom thou takest special care of,and therefore wilt expect a more punctual account of my government of them.