1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree.

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1 Chronicles 29:25, 1 Chronicles 29:25, 1 Kings 2:12, Genesis 39:2, 1 Kings 2:12

2And Solomon gave orders to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and to the rulers, and to the judges of all Israel, and the heads of the families:

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1 Chronicles 28:1, 1 Chronicles 28:1, 1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 24:31

3And he went with all the multitude to the high place of Gabaon, where was the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, which Moses the servant of God made, in the wilderness.

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1 Chronicles 21:29, 1 Chronicles 16:39, 1 Chronicles 21:29, 1 Chronicles 16:39, Deuteronomy 34:5

4For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim to the place, which he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem.

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2 Samuel 6:2, 2 Samuel 6:17, 1 Chronicles 15:25, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 2 Samuel 6:2

5And the altar of brass, which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and all the assembly sought it:

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Exodus 31:2, Exodus 31:2, Exodus 38:1, Exodus 38:7, Exodus 38:1

6And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims.

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1 Kings 3:4, 1 Kings 3:4, 1 Chronicles 29:21, 1 Kings 8:63, 1 Chronicles 29:21

7And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

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Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, 1 John 5:14

8And Solomon said to God: Thou hast shewn great kindness to my father David: and hast made me king in his stead.

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1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:5, Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 55:3, 2 Samuel 22:51

9Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth.

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Genesis 13:16, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:16, Genesis 13:16, 2 Samuel 7:12

10Give me wisdom and knowledge that I may come in and go out before thy people: for who can worthily judge this thy people, which is so great?

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1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:9, Proverbs 2:2, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 2:2

11And God said to Solomon: Because this choice hath pleased thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, and wealth, and glory, nor the lives of them that hate thee, nor many days of life: but hast asked wisdom and knowledge, to be able to judge my people, over which I have made thee king,

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James 3:17, James 3:17, Proverbs 23:7, Proverbs 23:7, 1 Samuel 16:7

12Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.

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James 1:5, James 1:5, 2 Chronicles 9:22, 2 Chronicles 9:22, Matthew 6:33

13Then Solomon came from the high place of Gabaon to Jerusalem before the tabernacle of the covenant, and reigned over Israel.

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1 Kings 4:24, 1 Kings 4:25, 2 Chronicles 1:3, 1 Kings 4:24, 1 Kings 4:25

14And he gathered to himself chariots and horsemen, and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he placed them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem.

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1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 10:26, 1 Kings 10:29, 1 Kings 10:26

15And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees as sycamores, which grow in the plains in great multitude.

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2 Chronicles 9:27, 2 Chronicles 9:27, Amos 7:14, Job 22:24, Job 22:25

16And there were horses brought him from Egypt, and from Coa by the king's merchants, who went, and bought at a price,

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2 Chronicles 9:28, 1 Kings 10:28, 1 Kings 10:29, 2 Chronicles 9:28, 1 Kings 10:28

17A chariot of four horses for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: in like manner market was made in all the kingdoms of the Hethites, and of the kings of Syria.

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2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 10:29