3. Then Solomon and all the people gathered with him went to the place of worship. This was at the town of Gibeon. God’s Meeting Tent was there. Moses, the Lord’s servant, had made that Tent in the desert.
4. David had brought the Ark of the Covenant with God from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem. David had made a place for it there. He had set up a tent for it in Jerusalem.
5. Bezalel was Uri’s son, and Uri was Hur’s son. Bezalel had made a bronze altar. It was in Gibeon in front of the Holy Tent. So Solomon and the people worshiped the Lord there.
6. Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord at the Meeting Tent. He offered 1,000 burnt offerings on the altar.
7. That night God appeared to Solomon. God said, “Solomon, ask for whatever you want me to give you.”
8. Solomon answered, “You have been very kind to my father David. You have chosen me to be the king in his place.
9. Now, Lord God, may your promise to my father David come true. You have made me king of a very large nation. There are so many of them they are like the dust of the earth.
10. Now give me wisdom and knowledge so I can lead these people in the right way. No one can rule them without your help.”