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.
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Gill's Exposition
And Solomon said,.... In his dream; not that he dreamt he said, when he did not; but he really said, as follows:
thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy; bestowed many favours…
Barnes' Notes
This great kindness - David himself had regarded this as God’s crowning mercy to him 1Ki 1:48.
We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Solomon, and the communion he had with God in it, which put a greater honour upon Solomon than all the wealth and power of his kingdom…
Cambridge Bible
great mercy As the word is the same as that rendered kindness in the latter half of the verse it is better to render it so here. The first kindness was during David's life, the further kindness was in…
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