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Solomon loved the Lord, walking [at first] in the statutes and practices of David his father, only he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where stood the tabernacle and the bronze altar] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. One thousand burnt offerings Solomon offered on that altar.

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, [a]Ask what I shall give you.

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  1. 1 Kings 3:5 This is the high privilege of the child of God. Each one’s life tells what he has asked for—“in heaven above or in the earth beneath.” Which shall it be, God’s will and glory, or our own?

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