3 Kings 2:12
And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Salomon autem sedit super thronum David patris sui, et firmatum est regnum ejus nimis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ Σαλωμὼν ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ θρόνου Δαυεὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡτοιμάσθη ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ σφόδρα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּשְׁלֹמֹ֕ה יָשַׁ֕ב עַל כִּסֵּ֖א דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו וַתִּכֹּ֥ן מַלְכֻת֖וֹ מְאֹֽד
Haydock's commentary
Sat, exercising the same authority, as he had done in his father's life-time, chap. i. 53. (Calmet) (St. Augustine, de C.[City of God?] xvii. 8.) (Salien, the year before Christ 1033.)
The public assembly of Israel, convoked by David, had already sworn fidelity to him, 1 Paralipomenon xxviii. 1. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Matthew I. 1
6. But wherefore did he not say, “the Son of Abraham,” and then “the Son of David?” It is not, as some suppose, that he means to proceed upward from the lower point, since then he would have done the same as Luke, but now he doth the contrary. Why then hath he made mention of David? The man was in the mouths of all, both from his distinction, and from the time, for he had not been so very long since dead, like Abraham. And though God made promises to both, yet the one, as old, was passed over in silence, while the other, as fresh and recent, was repeated of all. Themselves, for instance, say, “Doth not Christ come of the seed of David, and out of Bethlehem, the town where David was?” And no man called Him Son of Abraham, but all Son of David; and that because this last was more in the recollection of all, both on account of the time, as I have already said, and because of his royalty. …