1 Kings 3:5-8

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ¹  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ²  me what I should give you.” 3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ³  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ⁴  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ⁵  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ⁶  3:7 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. ⁷  3:8 Your servant stands ⁸  among your chosen people; ⁹  they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[3:5]  ² tn Heb “ask.”

[3:6]  ³ tn Heb “did.”

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “walked before.”

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

[3:6]  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.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[3:8]  ⁷ tn There is no verb expressed in the Hebrew text; “stands” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[3:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “your people whom you have chosen.”