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1 Kings 3:5

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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ASV

In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּגִבְע֗וֹןbe.giv.'onat GibeonH1391 →
נִרְאָ֧הnir.'Ahhe appearedH7200 →
יְהֹוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
בַּחֲל֣וֹםba.cha.Lomin a dreamH2472 →
הַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahthe nightH3915 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
שְׁאַ֖לshe.'AlaskH7592 →
מָ֥הmahwhat?H4100 →
אֶתֶּן־'e.ten-will I giveH5414 →
לָֽךְ׃Lakhto you

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Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.1 Kings 9:2the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.James 1:5–6Now 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.2 Chronicles 1:7–12That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”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.John 14:13–14And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.Genesis 28:12–13And 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.Mark 10:36“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.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.”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.Matthew 2:19After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.Mark 10:38–51“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?”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.Nehemiah 2:4“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heavenMatthew 20:21“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.Job 33:14–15For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.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.

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The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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