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Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; he took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.
2
The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.
3
Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burnt incense at the high places.
4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings upon that altar.
5
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I shall give you."
6
And Solomon said, "Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to thy servant David my father, because he walked before thee in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward thee; and thou hast kept for him this great and steadfast love, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne this day.
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And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.