¹And Solomon the son of David gained strength over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and he exalted him highly. ²And Solomon spoke to the whole of Israel – to the commanders of a thousand and the commanders of a hundred, and to the judges and to every leading person in the whole of Israel – the paternal heads. ³And Solomon and the whole convocation with him went to the idolatrous raised site which was in Gibeon, for in that place was the tent of contact of God which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the desert. ⁴But it was David who brought the ark of God up from Kiriath-Jearim to where David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. ⁵And he put the copper altar, which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, before the tabernacle of the Lord, and Solomon and the convocation consulted the Lord there. ⁶And Solomon made offerings there on the copper altar before the Lord, it being in front of the tent of contact, and he made a thousand burnt offerings on it. ⁷On that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask what you want me to give you.” ⁸And Solomon said to God, “You acted with much kindness towards my father David, and you made me king in his place. ⁹Now, O Lord God, may your word in connection with my father David be upheld, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the particles of dust of the earth. ¹⁰So now, give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I can conduct myself in the presence of this people, for who can judge this numerous people of yours?” ¹¹Then God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart, and you did not ask for wealth and treasures and honour, or the life of those who hate you, and you did not ask for long life either, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge with which you can judge my people, over whom I have made you king, ¹²the wisdom and knowledge are given to you, and I will give you wealth and treasures and honour such as no kings have had before you and will not have after you.” ¹³And Solomon went to the idolatrous raised site which was in Gibeon and back to Jerusalem, opposite the tent of contact. And he reigned over Israel. ¹⁴And Solomon assembled a chariot fleet and horsemen, and he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities, whereas some were with the king in Jerusalem. ¹⁵And the king made silver and gold commonplace in Jerusalem like stones in their abundance, and he made cedars like the sycamores which are in the lowlands in abundance. ¹⁶And the origin of Solomon's horses was that they were from Egypt, and the company of the king's merchants obtained the company of animals at a price. ¹⁷And they brought up and exported from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty, and so they dispatched them through their agency to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aramaea.