1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by night,—and God said, Ask, what I shall give thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4So then the king went to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for, that, was the great high place,—a thousand ascending-sacrifices, did Solomon offer up on that altar.

6Then said Solomon—Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, 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 lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:12And he dreamed, and lo! a stairway, planted earthwards, with, its top, reaching towards the heavens,—and lo! messengers of God, ascending and descending thereon;

1 Kings 9:2then appeared Yahweh unto Solomon, a second time,—as he appeared unto him, in Gibeon.

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

Matthew 1:20But, when, these things, he had pondered, lo! a messenger of the Lord, by dream, appeared to him, saying,—Joseph, son of David! do not fear to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for, that which, in her, hath been begotten, is of [the], Holy, Spirit.

Matthew 2:19But, when Herod was, dead, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph in Egypt;

Mark 10:36But, he, said unto them—What desire ye, 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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