2 Chronicles 1:7
That night God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
1 Kings 3:5That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
Matthew 7:7“Keep asking God for what you need. If you do that, he will give it to you. Confidently keep expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like [MET] knocking on a door in order to enter a room. And the way will be opened { God will open the way} for you to get what you pray for.
Mark 10:51Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Sir, I want to be able to see again!”
1 John 5:14Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him to do anything that is in accordance with ◄his will/what he desires►.
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 →