1. Solomon son of David took firm control of his kingdom, for the lord his God was with him and made him very powerful.
2. Solomon called together all the leaders of Israel—the generals and captains of the army, the judges, and all the political and clan leaders.
3. Then 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.)
4. David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem.
5. But 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.
6. There 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.
7. That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”