1. Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
2. Then Solomon spoke to all Israel – to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families –
3. and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon, for God’s tent of meeting was there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness.
4. Now David had brought up 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.
5. But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the Lord; so Solomon and the assembly enquired of him there.
6. Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord in the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
7. That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, ‘Ask for whatever you want me to give you.’
8. Solomon answered God, ‘You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place.