² Then Solomon spoke to all Israel^(A)—to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families— ³ and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon,^(B) for God’s tent of meeting^(C) was there, which Moses^(D) the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness. ⁴ Now David had brought up the ark^(E) of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent^(F) for it in Jerusalem. ⁵ But the bronze altar^(G) that Bezalel^(H) son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the Lord; so Solomon and the assembly inquired^(I) of him there. ⁶ Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord in the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

⁷ That night God appeared^(J) to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

⁸ Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me^(K) king in his place.