KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And I, your servant, am here among your chosen people—a great nation so large that no one could ever count them all.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Solomon is humbly acknowledging to God that he's been placed as leader over God's vast, chosen people of Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of Solomon's prayer when God appeared to him in a dream and offered to give him whatever he asked for. Solomon had just become king after his father David's death, and he was feeling overwhelmed by the responsibility of leading the nation of Israel. The reference to Israel being too numerous to count recalls God's promise to Abraham that his descendants would be like the stars in the sky.
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