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1 Kings 3:5-7
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5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared[a] to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell[b] me what I should give you.” 6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated[c] great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served[d] you faithfully, properly, and sincerely.[e] You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.[f] 7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.[g]

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  1. 1 Kings 3:5 tn Or “revealed himself.”
  2. 1 Kings 3:5 tn Heb “ask.”
  3. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “did.”
  4. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “walked before.”
  5. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”
  6. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”
  7. 1 Kings 3:7 tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”
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