Thematic Bible
2 Chronicles 1:1 (show verse)
And Solomon the son of David waxed strong in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and magnified him on high.
2 Chronicles 1:2 (show verse)
And Solomon communed with all Israel: the captains over thousands and hundreds, the judges and all other lords, and ancient heads throughout all Israel.
2 Chronicles 1:3 (show verse)
And so Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the hill altar of Gibeon: for there was the tabernacle of witness of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 1:4 (show verse)
But the Ark of God had David brought from Kiriathjearim, into the place he had prepared therefore - For he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 1:5 (show verse)
Moreover, the brazen altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur had made, was at Gibeon also, before the tabernacle of the LORD. And Solomon and the congregation went to visit it.
2 Chronicles 1:6 (show verse)
And Solomon offered there before the LORD upon the brazen altar that was by the tabernacle of witness, a thousand burnt sacrifices.
2 Chronicles 1:7 (show verse)
And the same night God appeared unto Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give thee."
2 Chronicles 1:8 (show verse)
And Solomon said unto God, "Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
2 Chronicles 1:9 (show verse)
And now LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be true. For thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
2 Chronicles 1:10 (show verse)
Wherefore give me wisdom and knowledge how to behave myself unto this people: for who is able to judge this people that is so great?"
2 Chronicles 1:11 (show verse)
Then God said to Solomon, "Because thou hadst this in thine heart, and didst not ask treasure and riches, and honour and the lives of thine enemies, neither yet long life; But hast asked wisdom and knowledge, to judge my people, over which I have made thee king:
2 Chronicles 1:12 (show verse)
wisdom and knowledge shall be given thee, and I will give thee treasure, riches, and glory also, that among the kings before thee or after thee, none was or shall be like thee."
2 Chronicles 1:13 (show verse)
And so Solomon came from the hill altar that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem from the tabernacle of witness and reigned at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 1:14 (show verse)
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: that he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he bestowed in the chariot cities and about the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 1:15 (show verse)
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees as plenty as the mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.
2 Chronicles 1:16 (show verse)
And the horses which Solomon had, were brought him out of Egypt from Kue. The king's merchants fetched them out at Kue at a price.
2 Chronicles 1:17 (show verse)
They came and brought out of Egypt a chariot for five hundred sicles, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. And so brought they to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria through the hands of the said merchants.