{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/2-chronicles/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-01T00:45:56.488Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"2 Chronicles","bookSlug":"2-chronicles","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses]."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, |Ask what I shall give you.|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Solomon said to God, |You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God said to Solomon, |Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the like.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Chronicles 1 (WEB)","markdown":"[2 Chronicles 1](https://primebible.com/web/2-chronicles/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/2-chronicles/1 (accessed 2026-06-01)."}}