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2 Chronicles 1:1-17 — Solomon Asks for Wisdom

2Chr.1.1-17

¹Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. ²Solomon spoke to all Israel—to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' households. ³Then Solomon and the whole assembly with him went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for God's Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness, was there. ⁴However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place David had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. ⁵Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was placed before the tabernacle of the LORD, and Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there. ⁶Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. ⁷That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask what I should give you.” ⁸Solomon said to God, "You have shown great steadfast love to my father David, and you have made me king in his place. ⁹Now, O LORD God, please fulfill your promise to my father David, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. ¹⁰Now give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people; for who is able to govern this great people of yours?" ¹¹God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you did not ask for riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of your enemies, nor did you even ask for long life, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself so that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king— ¹²wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. And I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you have had, and none after you will have." ¹³So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel. ¹⁴Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. ¹⁵The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as the sycamore trees that are in the Shephelah. ¹⁶Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue at a price. ¹⁷They brought up and exported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty; and likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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4/11/2026

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