The Second Book of Chronicles
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1 Solomon the son
of David was
firmly established
in his kingdom,
and the LORD
his God
was with him,
and made him
exceedingly great.
2 Solomon spoke
to all Israel,
to the captains
of thousands and
of hundreds, to
the judges, and
to every prince
in all Israel,
the heads of
the fathers’ households.
3 Then
Solomon, and all
the assembly with
him, went to
the high place
that was at
Gibeon; for God’s
Tent of Meeting
was there, which
the LORD’s servant
Moses had made
in the wilderness.
4 But
David had
brought God’s ark up
from Kiriath Jearim
to the place
that David had
prepared for it;
for he had
pitched a tent for
it at Jerusalem.
5 Moreover the
bronze altar that
Bezalel the son
of Uri, the son
of Hur, had
made was there
before the LORD’s
tabernacle; and
Solomon and the
assembly were
seeking counsel there.
6 Solomon
went up there
to the bronze
altar before the
LORD, which was
at the Tent of
Meeting, and
offered one thousand
burnt offerings on
it.
7 That
night, God
appeared to
Solomon and said
to him, “Ask
for what you want
me to give
you.”
8 Solomon said
to God, “You have
shown great loving
kindness to David
my father, and
have made me
king in his
place.
9 Now,
LORD 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.
10 Now
give me wisdom
and knowledge,
that I may
go out and
come in before
this people; for
who can judge
this great people
of yours?”
11 God said
to Solomon, “Because
this was in
your heart, and
you have not
asked riches,
wealth, honor, or
the life of
those who hate
you, nor yet
have you asked
for long life;
but have asked
for wisdom and
knowledge for
yourself, that you
may judge my
people, over whom
I have made
you king,
12 therefore
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,
and none after
you will have.”
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.
14 Solomon
gathered chariots
and horsemen. He
had one thousand four
hundred chariots
and twelve thousand
horsemen that he
placed in the
chariot cities,
and with the
king at Jerusalem.
15 The
king made silver
and gold to
be as common
as stones in
Jerusalem, and he
made cedars to be
as common as
the sycamore trees
that are in
the lowland.
16 The
horses which
Solomon had were
brought out of
Egypt and from Kue.
The king’s
merchants purchased them
from Kue.
17 They
imported from
Egypt then
exported a chariot
for six
hundred pieces of
silver and a
horse for one
hundred fifty.
They also exported
them to the
Hittite kings and
the Syrian
kings.