1 Solomon, the son of David, became a very strong king, because the Lord his God was with him and made him very great.
2-3 The people of Israel and the captains, generals, judges, leaders, and heads of the families were all gathered together. Solomon spoke to them, and then they all went to the high place at Gibeon. They went there because God’s Meeting Tent was there. The Lord’S servant Moses made this tent when he and the Israelites were in the desert.
4 David had carried God’s Box of the Agreement from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem where he had set up another tent for it.
5 But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, who was the son of Hur, had made was in front of the Holy Tent at Gibeon. So Solomon and the people went there to ask the Lord for advice.
6 Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord at the Meeting Tent and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.