Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 3:8

8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen , a great people, that cannot be numbred, nor counted for multitude.

i. e. Is set over them to rule and guide them. A Metaphor from the Overseer of divers Workmen, who usually is in the midst of them, that he may the better observe how each of them dischargeth his office.

Thy peculiar People, whom thou takest special care of, and therefore wiltst expect a more punctual account of my Government of them.