1 Raja-raja 3:4-5

3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. ¹  Solomon would offer up ²  a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there. 3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ³  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ⁴  me what I should give you.”

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”

[3:4]  ² tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.

[3:5]  ³ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “ask.”