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At Gibeon Adonai appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said: “Ask for what should I give you?”[a]

Solomon said: “You have shown my father Your servant David great lovingkindness, as he walked before You in truth, righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You. Indeed, You have kept this great lovingkindness for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today. So now, Adonai my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. I am but a youth. I don’t know how to go out or come in.

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  1. 1 Kings 3:5 cf. Matt. 7:7.