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

Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him in Gibeon.

In a dream

And he dreamed, and behold, a stairway was set on the earth, and its top touched the heavens. And behold, angels of God [were] going up and going down on it.

and he said, "Please hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak to him in a dream.

Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.

But [as] he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Now [after] they had gone away, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him."

Ask what

On that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give to you."

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

And he said to them, "What do you want that I do for you?"

For this [reason] I say to you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received [it], and it will be [done] for you.

And {whatever} you ask in my name, I will do this, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

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