“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.”
"Your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.'" — Solomon identifies himself as servant among God's people: *ve-avdekha be-kerev am'kha asher bacharata* (your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen). The phrase *am gadol asher lo yisppar ve-lo yeemad mi-rov* (a great people that cannot be numbered or counted) invokes the Abrahamic promise (Gen 22:17, 32:12) that Abraham's descendants would be innumerable. Solomon positions Israel as the *chosen people* and himself as their *steward*.
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