| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him. | 1Solomon son of David took firm control of his kingdom, for the LORD his God was with him and made him very powerful. |
| 2Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families. | 2Solomon called together all the leaders of Israel—the generals and captains of the army, the judges, and all the political and clan leaders. |
| 3And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. | 3Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God’s Tabernacle was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD’s servant, had made in the wilderness.) |
| 4Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. | 4David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem. |
| 5But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there. | 5But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur was there at Gibeon in front of the Tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the people gathered in front of it to consult the LORD. |
| 6Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings. | 6There in front of the Tabernacle, Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the LORD’s presence and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings on it. |
| 7That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” | 7That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” |
| 8Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place. | 8Solomon replied to God, “You showed great and faithful love to David, my father, and now you have made me king in his place. |
| 9Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. | 9O LORD God, please continue to keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth! |
| 10Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?” | 10Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly, for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?” |
| 11God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king— | 11God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people— |
| 12therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.” | 12I will certainly give you the wisdom and knowledge you requested. But I will also give you wealth, riches, and fame such as no other king has had before you or will ever have in the future!” |
| 13So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel. | 13Then Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the Tabernacle at the place of worship in Gibeon, and he reigned over Israel. |
| 14Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. | 14Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem. |
| 15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. | 15The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah. |
| 16Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. | 16Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia ; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price. |
| 17A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram. | 17At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver, and horses for 150 pieces of silver. They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram. |
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