1 Kings 3:5

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Summary

1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

The lord

1 Kings 9:2

In a dream

Matthew 2:13

Ask what

Bible References

The lord

the LORD appeared to Solomon for a second time, just as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

In a dream

when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in heaven. God's angels were ascending and descending on it.

Then he told the two of them: "Pay attention to what I have to say! When there is a prophet among you, won't I, the LORD, reveal myself to him in a vision? Won't I speak with him in a dream?

"God speaks time and time again but nobody notices

After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," he said, "don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

Ask what

That very night God appeared to Solomon and told him, "Ask what I am to give you."

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

He asked them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

That is why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

I'll do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

And this is the confidence that we have in him: if we ask for anything according to his will, he listens to us.