1. Solomon, son of David, strengthened his hold on the kingdom, for the Lord, his God, was with him, making him ever greater.
2. Solomon summoned all Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, the judges, the princes of all Israel, and the family heads;
3. and, accompanied by the whole assembly, Solomon went to the high place at Gibeon, because the tent of meeting of God, made in the wilderness by Moses, the Lord’s servant, was there.
4. David had, however, brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem, where he had provided a place and pitched a tent for it;
5. the bronze altar made by Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, he put in front of the tabernacle of the Lord. There Solomon and the assembly sought out the Lord,
6. and Solomon offered sacrifice in the Lord’s presence on the bronze altar at the tent of meeting; he sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
7. That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him: Whatever you ask, I will give you.
8. Solomon answered God: “You have shown great favor to David my father, and you have made me king to succeed him.
9. Now, Lord God, may your word to David my father be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.