1. Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and he took the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the city of David until he finished building his house, the house of Yahweh, and the walls of Jerusalem all around.
2. But the people were sacrificing on the high places, for the house for the name of Yahweh had not yet been built in those days.
3. Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father; only he was sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.
4. So the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice, for the great high place was there. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5. Yahweh appeared to Solomon at Gibeon in a dream at night, and God said, “Ask what I should give to you.”
6. Then Solomon said, “You have shown great loyal love with your servant David my father, as he walked before you in faithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with you. You have shown for him this great loyal love, and you have given a son to him who is sitting on his throne as it is this day.
7. So then, O Yahweh, you are my God. You have made your servant king in place of David my father though I am a young boy. I do not know going out or coming in.