1. Solomon, son of David, strengthened his position over the kingdom. The Lord his God was with him and made him very powerful.
2. Solomon spoke to all Israel—to the commanders of regiments and battalions, judges, every prince, and the heads of Israel’s families.
3. Then Solomon and the entire assembly went to the place of worship in Gibeon because God’s tent of meeting was there. Moses, the Lord’s servant, had made the tent in the desert.
4. (However, David had ⌊already⌋ brought God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim to a place he had prepared for it. He had put up a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
5. The bronze altar that Bezalel, son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was in front of the Lord’s tent. There Solomon and the assembly worshiped the Lord.
6. In the Lord’s presence Solomon went to the bronze altar in front of the tent of meeting and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings on it.
7. That night God appeared to Solomon. He said, “What can I give you?”
8. Solomon responded to God, “You’ve shown great love to my father David, and you’ve made me king in his place.