1st Kings Chapter 3 verse 5 Holy Bible
In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
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In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give you.
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In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - In Glbeon the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream [cf. Numbers 12:6. A vision is not necessarily implied (as in Genesis 28:12; cf. 15:12), though he may have seen some angelic form (angelus in Dei nomine ei apparuit loquens. Grotius) - of course, only in his dream. Cf. Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:12. Probably "appeared" is the equivalent of "revealed Himself." Bahr] by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee [cf. Matthew 7:7. This was the answer to the sacrifices. The night was probably that which followed the last day on which they were offered (ver. 15).]
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) The Lord appeared.--This direct communication to Solomon by a dream--standing in contrast with the indirect knowledge of the Lord's will by David through the prophets Nathan and Gad (2Samuel 7:2-17; 2Samuel 12:1-14; 2Samuel 24:11-14), and by "enquiring of the Lord" through the priest (1Samuel 23:9-12; 1Samuel 30:7; 2Samuel 2:1)--is perhaps the first indication of some temporary abeyance of the prophetic office, and (as appears still more clearly from the history of the consecration of the Temple), of a loss of leadership in the priesthood. At the same time it is to be noted that the vision of the Lord through dreams, being of a lower type than the waking vision, is mostly recorded as given to those outside the Covenant, as Abimelech (Genesis 20:3-7), Laban (Genesis 31:24), Pharaoh and his servants (Genesis 40:5; Genesis 41:1-8), the Midianite (Judges 7:13), and Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:1; Daniel 4:10-18); as belonging to the early stages of revelation, to Abraham (Genesis 15:12), Jacob (Genesis 28:12-15), and Joseph (Genesis 37:5-10); and as marking the time of cessation of the regular succession of the prophets during the Captivity (Daniel 2:19; Daniel 7:1). . . .
