1
Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh's daughter; then he brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall all around Jerusalem.
2
Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.
3
And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
4
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask! What shall I give you?"
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And Solomon said: "You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.