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1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

In Context

4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer up upon that altar.

6And Solomon said, Thou hast shewn unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it.

1 Kings 9:2that Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

2 Chronicles 1:7In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

Matthew 1:20but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to [thee] Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:19But Herod having died, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

Mark 10:36And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:2-5

Solomon Marries Pharaoh's Daughter. ( b. c. 1014.) 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord , and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord , until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the Lord , walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and… Read the whole commentary →

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