1 Kings 3:7

WEB

⁷Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.

KJV

⁷And 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.

BSB

⁷And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

FBV

⁷Now, Lord God, you have made me king in place of my father David. But I am like an inexperienced young boy who doesn't know what to do.

Extra References

1 Chronicles 29:1

¹David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

Numbers 27:17

¹⁷who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”

Jeremiah 1:6

⁶Then I said, “Ah, Lord^[+] GOD! Behold, ^[+] I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

Matthew 18:3-4

³and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

2 Samuel 5:2

²In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. The LORD said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

¹⁶Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

Daniel 2:21

²¹He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

John 10:9

⁹I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.

1 Samuel 18:16

¹⁶But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

Daniel 5:18

¹⁸“To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.