1 Kings 3:5

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“One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!””

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BSBPD

“One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, `Ask--what do I give to thee?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 3:5 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 28:12And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
  2. Numbers 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
  3. 1 Kings 9:2the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
  4. 1 Kings 11:9Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
  5. 2 Chronicles 1:7That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
  6. Job 33:14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
  7. Matthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
  8. Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
  9. Matthew 2:19After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
  10. Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
  11. Mark 10:36“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.
  12. Mark 10:38“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
  13. Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  14. John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  15. John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  16. James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
  17. 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

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