1Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

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

2Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' households.

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

3So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had 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

4But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at 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

5Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.

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

6Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.

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

7In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."

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

8Solomon said to God, "You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

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

9Now, Lord God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

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

10Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?"

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

11God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:

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

12wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the like."

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

13So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he 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

14Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at 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

15The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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

16The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.

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

17They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.

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2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 10:29