1 Kings 3:5
Good News Translation
That night the LORD appeared to him in a dream and asked him, "What would you like me to give you?"

New Revised Standard Version
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”

Contemporary English Version
One night while Solomon was in Gibeon, the LORD God appeared to him in a dream and said, "Solomon, ask for anything you want, and I will give it to you."

New American Bible
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said: Whatever you ask I shall give you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

the Lord

1 Kings 9:2 That the Lord appeared to him the second time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.

in a dream

Genesis 28:2,13 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban, thy uncle. . . .

Numbers 12:6 He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

Job 33:14,15 God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time. . . .

Matthew 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 2:13,19 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him. . . .

Ask what

2 Chronicles 1:7-12 And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee. . . .

Matthew 7:7,8 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. . . .

Mark 10:36,38-51 But he said to them: What would you that I should do for you? . . .

Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive: and they shall come unto you.

John 14:13,14 Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. . . .

John 15:16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

James 1:5,6 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him. . . .

1 John 5:14,15 And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us. . . .

Context
Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom
4He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts, did Solomon offer upon that altar, in Gabaon. 5And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.6And Solomon said: Thou hast shewed great mercy to thy servant David, my father, even as he walked before thee in truth, and justice, and an upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.…
Cross References
Matthew 1:20
But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 2:13
And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

John 15:7
If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you.

Numbers 12:6
He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

1 Kings 9:2
That the Lord appeared to him the second time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.

1 Kings 11:9
And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his mind was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice;

2 Chronicles 1:7
And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

1 Kings 3:4
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