2 Chronicles 1:7

That night God appeared to Solomon and told him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”

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In The King James Version

In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

In Context

6Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord, in front of the Tent of Meeting. There he presented one thousand burnt offerings.

8Solomon responded to God, “You showed trustworthy love without limit to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:5The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon. God said to him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”

Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Mark 10:51“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. “Teacher,” he said to Jesus, “I want to see!”

1 John 5:14We can be confident that he will listen to us as long as we ask in accordance with his will.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 1:2-13

Second Chronicles This book begins with the reign of Solomon and the building of the temple, and continues the history of the kings of Judah thenceforward to the captivity and so concludes with the fall of that illustrious monarchy and the destruction of the temple. That monarchy of the house of David, as it was prior in time, so it was superior in worth and dignity to all those four celebrated ones of which Nebuchadnezzar dreamed. The Babylonian monarchy I reckon to begin in Nebuchadnezzar himself— Thou art that… Read the whole commentary →

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