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So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> to my father David, and You have made me king in his place. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king— <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.” <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon’s Riches<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/10.htm#26">1 Kings 10:26–29</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Solomon accumulated<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> and a horse for a hundred and fifty.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> LXX, Vulgate, and some Hebrew manuscripts <i>was there before</i><span class="thin"> </span>; MT <i>he placed before</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>chesed</i><span class="thin"> </span> are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as <i>loving devotion</i><span class="thin"> </span>; the range of meaning includes <i>love</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>goodness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>kindness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>faithfulness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, and <i>mercy</i><span class="thin"> </span>, as well as <i>loyalty to a covenant</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>so that I may go out before this people and come in</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>horsemen</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>charioteers</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Hebrew <i>Shephelah</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>lowlands</i><span class="thin"> </span>; that is, the western foothills of Judea<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Probably an area in Cilicia, a province in the southeast of Asia Minor<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <i>600 shekels</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of silver.<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <i>150 shekels</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms of silver.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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