5In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. …
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. …
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-15)We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Solomon, and the communion he had with God in it, which put a greater honour upon Solomon than all the wealth and power of his kingdom did. I. The circumstances of this visit, 1 Kgs. 3:5. 1. The place. It was in Gibeon; that was the great high place, and should have been the only one, because there the tabernacle and the brazen altar we…
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