2 Chronicles Chapter 1 Back Next{1:1} Solomon the son of
David was strengthened in his kingdom, and
Yahweh his
God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
{1:2} Solomon spoke to all
Israel, to the
captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the
judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the
fathers' households.
{1:3} So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the
high place that was at
Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.
{1:4} But David had brought the ark of God up from
Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at
Jerusalem.
{1:5} Moreover the bronze
altar, that
Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.
{1:6} Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand
burnt offerings on it.
{1:7} In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."
{1:8} Solomon said to God, "You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
{1:9} Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the
earth in multitude.
{1:10} Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?"
{1:11} God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your
heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:
{1:12} wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the like."
{1:13} So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
{1:14} Solomon gathered
chariots and
horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
{1:15} The king made silver and
gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and
cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
{1:16} The
horses which Solomon had were brought out of
Egypt and from
Kue; the king's
merchants purchased them from Kue.
{1:17} They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the
Hittites, and the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.
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