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.