1 Then Solomon, the son of David, was confirmed in his kingdom. And the LORD his God was with him and magnified him highly.

² And Solomon spoke to all Israel —to the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the governors in all Israel —the chief fathers.

³ So Solomon, and all the Congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon. For the Tabernacle of the Congregation of God was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

⁴ But David had brought up the Ark of God from Kirjath Jearim, when David had made preparation for it. For he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

⁵ Moreover, the bronze Altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur had made, he set in front of the Tabernacle of the LORD. And Solomon and the Congregation sought it.

⁶ And Solomon offered there before the LORD, upon the bronze Altar that was in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. He offered a thousand Burnt Offerings upon it.

⁷ That same night, God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”

⁸ And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great mercy to David, my father, and have made me king in his place.

⁹ “Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to David my father be true. For You have made me king over a great people, like the dust of the Earth.

¹⁰ “Give me wisdom and knowledge now, so that I may go out and go in before this people. For who can judge this, Your great people?”

¹¹ And God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for riches or treasures or honor or for the lives of your enemies, nor have you asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you might judge My people, over whom I have made you king,

¹² “wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. And I will also give you riches and treasures and honor, so that there has not been any like you among the kings who were before you. Nor shall there be any like you after.”

¹³ Then Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, to Jerusalem, from before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and reigned over Israel.

¹⁴ And Solomon gathered the chariots and horsemen. And he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he placed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

¹⁵ And the king gave gold and silver at Jerusalem as stone, and gave cedar trees as the wild fig trees, that are abundant in the plain.

¹⁶ Also, Solomon had horses and fine linen brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received the fine linen for a price.

¹⁷ They also came up and brought an Egyptian chariot worth six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred fifty. And thus, by their means, they brought horses for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Aram.