2. However, the people were sacrificing on the high places, because until that time a temple for the Lord’s name had not been built.
3. Solomon loved the Lord by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4. The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most famous high place. He offered 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar.
5. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask. What should I give you? ”
6. And Solomon replied, “You have shown great and faithful love to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity. You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
7. “Lord my God, You have now made Your servant king in my father David’s place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.
8. Your servant is among Your people You have chosen, a people too numerous to be numbered or counted.
9. So give Your servant an obedient heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours? ”