2 Chronicles 1:1-6

New English Translation

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

1 Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority,^[a] for^[b] the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

² Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families. ³ Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center^[c] in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God^[d] was located there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness. ⁴ (Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. ⁵ But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the Lord’s tabernacle.^[e] Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him^[f] there.) ⁶ Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord which was at the meeting tent, and he offered up 1,000 burnt sacrifices.