And 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.
I am but a little child - not in age, because he had reached manhood (1 Kings 2:9), and must have been at least 20 years old (Josephus erroneously makes him only 14 years old, 'Antiquities,' b. 8:, ch. 7:, sec. 8); but he was raw and inexperienced in matters of government.