2 Chronicles 1:7

During that night, God appeared unto Solomon,—and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

6And Solomon went up thither, unto the altar of bronze before Yahweh, which belonged to the tent of meeting,—and caused to go up thereon a thousand ascending-sacrifices.

8And Solomon said unto God, Thou thyself, didst deal with David my father in great lovingkindness,—and hast made me king in his stead.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:5In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by night,—and God said, Ask, what I shall give thee.

Matthew 7:7Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find,—Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.

Mark 10:51And, answering him, Jesus said—What desirest thou, I should do for thee? And, the blind man, said unto him—Rabboni! that may recover sight.

1 John 5:14And, this, is the boldness which we have towards him: that, if, anything, we ask, according to his will, He doth hearken unto us.

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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