2 Chronicles 1:1-6

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Solomon Asks for Wisdom^(A)

1 Solomon, David’s son, ·became a powerful king [solidified/secured/established his kingdom/royal authority; ^Lstrengthened himself over his kingdom], because the Lord his God was with him and ·made him very great [exalted/magnified/empowered him].

² Solomon spoke to all the people of Israel—the ·commanders [officers] of thousands of men and of hundreds of men, the judges, every leader in all Israel, and the ·leaders [^Lheads] of the ·families [clans]. ³ Then Solomon and all the ·people [assembly] with him went to the ·place of worship [^Lhigh place] at the town of Gibeon. God’s ·Meeting Tent [Tabernacle], which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the ·desert [wilderness], was there. ⁴ David had brought the Ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem, where he had ·made [prepared] a place for it and had set up a tent for it [1 Sam. 6:1–15]. ⁵ But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, who was the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle]. So Solomon and the ·people [assembly] worshiped there. ⁶ Solomon went up to the bronze altar ·in the presence of [before] the Lord at the ·Meeting Tent [Tabernacle] and ·offered [sacrificed] a thousand burnt offerings on it.