1 Kings 3:1-5 ▼

1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh's daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.

2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.

3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the LORD by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

5 One night in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, |Tell me what I should give you.|