Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 3:5
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One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
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¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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1 Kings 3
3 And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
5 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
6 Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
7 And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
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