2 Chronicles 1
1 Solomon son of David established himself in his kingdom. The LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
2 Solomon spoke to all Israel—to the commanders of thousands and hundreds, the judges, all the leaders of all Israel, and the heads of the families.
3 Solomon and the whole assembly with him went to the high place at Gibeon, for the tent of meeting of God was there, the one Moses, the servant of the LORD, had made in the wilderness.
4 But David had brought 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 The bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, had made was there before the tabernacle of the LORD, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.
6 Solomon went up to the bronze altar there, before the LORD, beside the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask what I should give you.”
8 Solomon said to God, “You showed great steadfast love to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.
9 Now, LORD God, let your word to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.”
10 “Give me wisdom and knowledge now, so 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 did not ask for riches, wealth, or honor, or for the life of those who hate you, and you did not ask for a long life, but asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself to judge my people, over whom I have made you king,
12 wisdom and knowledge are given to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor such as none of the kings before you had, and none after you will have.”
13 Then Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.
14 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as the sycamores of the Shephelah.
16 Solomon’s horses came from Egypt and from Kue. The king’s merchants bought them from Kue at a price.
17 They brought a chariot up from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150. In the same way, through them, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
18 Solomon resolved to build a house for the name of the LORD and a palace for his kingdom.
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