1 Kings 3:5 “One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God s…”

1 Kings 3:5

One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

World English Bible

In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”

American Standard Version

In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shall giue thee.

Darby Translation

In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Young's Literal Translation

In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, 'Ask — what do I give to thee?'

Bible in Basic English

In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

1 Kings 9:2

1 Kings 9:2 · BSB

the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

“in a dream”

Numbers 12:6 Matthew 2:13 Matthew 2:19 Matthew 1:20 Genesis 28:12 Genesis 28:13

Numbers 12:6 · BSB

He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

Matthew 2:13 · BSB

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to…

Matthew 2:19 · BSB

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

Matthew 1:20 · BSB

But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit…

Genesis 28:12 · BSB

And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

Genesis 28:13 · BSB

And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

“Ask what”

2 Chronicles 1:7–12 Mark 10:36 John 15:16 Mark 10:38–51 Mark 11:24 Matthew 7:7

2 Chronicles 1:7–12 · BSB

That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

Mark 10:36 · BSB

“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.

John 15:16 · BSB

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

Mark 10:38–51 · BSB

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

Mark 11:24 · BSB

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 7:7 · BSB

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Also

1 Kings 11:9

1 Kings 11:9 · BSB

Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

6Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

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