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1King Solomon, the son of David, was now in complete control of his kingdom, because the Lord God had blessed him and made him a powerful king.
2-3-4-5At that time, the sacred tent that Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the desert was still kept at Gibeon, and in front of the tent was the bronze altar that Bezalel had made.[#2 S 6.1-17; 1 Ch 13.5-14; 15.25—16.1; Ex 38.1-7.; #1.2-5 Hebrew “Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur.”]
One day, Solomon told the people of Israel, the army commanders, the officials, and the family leaders, to go with him to the place of worship at Gibeon, even though his father King David had already moved the sacred chest from Kiriath-Jearim to the tent that he had set up for it in Jerusalem. Solomon and the others went to Gibeon to worship the Lord ,
6and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices to please the Lord .[#1.6 These sacrifices have traditionally been called “whole burnt offerings,” because the whole animal was burned on the altar. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to please the with the smell of the sacrifice, and so in the CEV they are often called “sacrifices to please the .”]
7God appeared to Solomon that night in a dream and said, “Solomon, ask for anything you want, and I will give it to you.”
8Solomon answered:
11God replied:
13Solomon then left Gibeon and returned to Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel.
14Solomon had a force of 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses that he kept in Jerusalem and other towns.[#1 K 4.26.]
15While Solomon was king of Israel, there was silver and gold everywhere in Jerusalem, and cedar was as common as ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
16-17Solomon's merchants bought his horses and chariots in the regions of Musri and Kue. They paid 600 pieces of silver for a chariot and 150 pieces of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to the Hittite and Syrian kings.[#Dt 17.16.; #1.16,17 Hebrew “Egypt and Kue.” Musri and Kue were regions located in what is today southeast Turkey.]