OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 1:37

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37

As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

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Verse 37. David. Parents wish their children to be still more happy than themselves, how jealous soever they may be of their own glory. Calmet.

Aspice completum votum; jam natus adæquat

Te meritis, &, quod magis est optabile, vincit. Claud. iv. con. Honor.

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