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2 Chronicles 1:7

And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Communion;   God;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appear, Appearance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Night;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Solomon;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him: “Ask. What should I give you?”
Hebrew Names Version
In that night did God appear to Shlomo, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
King James Version
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
English Standard Version
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."
New Century Version
That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
New English Translation
That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Tell me what I should give you."
Amplified Bible
That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give to you."
New American Standard Bible
In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."
World English Bible
In that night did God appear to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I should give to you."
Berean Standard Bible
That night God appeared to Solomon and said, "Ask, and I will give it to you!"
Contemporary English Version
God appeared to Solomon that night in a dream and said, "Solomon, ask for anything you want, and I will give it to you."
Complete Jewish Bible
That night God appeared to Shlomo and said to him, "Tell me what I should give you."
Darby Translation
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
That night God came to Solomon and said, "Ask me for whatever you want me to give you."
George Lamsa Translation
That night the LORD appeared to Solomon in a vision and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
Good News Translation
That night God appeared to Solomon and asked, "What would you like me to give you?"
Lexham English Bible
On that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give to you."
Literal Translation
In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, Ask what I shall give to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the same nighte appeared God vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him: Axe, what shal I geue the?
American Standard Version
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
Bible in Basic English
In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the same night did God appeare vnto Solomon, and said vnto him: Aske what I shall geue thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him: 'Ask what I shall give thee.'
King James Version (1611)
In that night did God appeare vnto Solomon, and saide vnto him; Aske what I shall giue thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.
English Revised Version
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! `forsothe in that nyyt God apperide to hym, `and seide, Axe that that thou wolt, that Y yyue to thee.
Update Bible Version
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
Webster's Bible Translation
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.
New King James Version
On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask! What shall I give you?"
New Living Translation
That night God appeared to Solomon and said, "What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!"
New Life Bible
That night God showed Himself to Solomon and said to him, "Ask Me for anything and I will give it to you."
New Revised Standard
That night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I should give you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
During that night, God appeared unto Solomon, - and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
Revised Standard Version
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."
Young's Literal Translation
In that night hath God appeared to Solomon, and saith to him, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
THE MESSAGE
That night God appeared to Solomon. God said, "What do you want from me? Ask."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."

Contextual Overview

1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree. 2 And Solomon gave orders to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and to the rulers, and to the judges of all Israel, and the heads of the families: 3 And he went with all the multitude to the high place of Gabaon, where was the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, which Moses the servant of God made, in the wilderness. 4 For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim to the place, which he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem. 5 And the altar of brass, which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and all the assembly sought it: 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims. 7 And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee. 8 And Solomon said to God: Thou hast shewn great kindness to my father David: and hast made me king in his stead. 9 Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth. 10 Give me wisdom and knowledge that I may come in and go out before thy people: for who can worthily judge this thy people, which is so great?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

In that night: This was the night following the sacrifice which Solomon had offered. 1 Kings 3:5-15, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6

Ask: Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Mark 10:36, Mark 10:37, Mark 10:51, John 16:23, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:1 - appeared 1 Kings 3:4 - Gibeon 1 Kings 9:2 - as he 2 Chronicles 7:12 - the Lord Psalms 119:125 - give Matthew 6:33 - seek 1 Corinthians 4:7 - and what

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:9
God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
Genesis 1:11
And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.
Genesis 1:15
To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth, and it was so done.
Genesis 1:24
And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Genesis 1:29
And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat:
Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
Psalms 104:10
(103-10) Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.
Psalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In that night did God appear unto Solomon,.... From hence to the end of 2 Chronicles 1:12 it is the same with 1 Kings 3:5.

1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- : 1 Kings 3:5- :

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The verbal differences between this passage and the corresponding one of Kings 1 Kings 3:5-14 are very considerable, and indicate the general truth that the object of the sacred historians is to give a true account of the real bearing of what was said: not ordinarily to furnish us with all or the exact words that were uttered. The most important point omitted in Chronicles, and supplied by Kings, is the conditional promise of long life made to Solomon 1 Kings 3:14; while the chief point absent from Kings, and recorded by our author, is the solemn appeal made by Solomon to the promise of God to David his father 2 Chronicles 1:9, which he now called upon God to “establish,” or to perform.

2 Chronicles 1:12

I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor - Remark that the writer says nothing of any promise to Solomon of “long life,” which, however, had been mentioned in 2 Chronicles 1:11 among the blessings which he might have been expected to ask. The reason for the omission would seem to lie in the writer’s desire to record only what is good of this great king. Long life was included in the promises made to him; but it was granted conditionally; and Solomon not fulfilling the conditions, it did not take effect (1 Kings 3:14 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 1:7. In that night — The night following the sacrifice. On Solomon's choice, see the notes on 1 Kings 3:5-15.


 
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