1. Solomon, the son of King David, took firm control of the kingdom of Israel, and the Lord his God blessed him and made him very powerful.
2. King Solomon gave an order to all the officers in charge of units of a thousand men and of a hundred men, all the government officials, all the heads of families, and all the rest of the people,
3. commanding them to go with him to the place of worship at Gibeon. They went there because that was where the Tent of the Lord's presence was located, which Moses, the Lord's servant, had made in the wilderness.
4. (The Covenant Box, however, was in Jerusalem, kept in a tent which King David had set up when he brought the Box from Kiriath Jearim.)
5. The bronze altar which had been made by Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, was also in Gibeon in front of the Tent of the Lord's presence. King Solomon and all the people worshipped the Lord there.
6. In front of the Tent the king worshipped the Lord by offering sacrifices on the bronze altar; he had a thousand animals killed and burnt whole on it.
7. That night God appeared to Solomon and asked, “What would you like me to give you?”
8. Solomon answered, “You always showed great love for my father David, and now you have let me succeed him as king.