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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.
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That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”
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Solomon replied to God, “You showed great and faithful love to David, my father, and now you have made me king in his place.
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O LORD God, please continue to keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth!
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Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly, for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?”