6. and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices to please the Lord.
7. God appeared to Solomon that night in a dream and said, “Solomon, ask for anything you want, and I will give it to you.”
8. Solomon answered: Lord God, you were always loyal to my father David, and now you have made me king of Israel.
9. I am supposed to rule these people, but there are as many of them as there are specks of dust on the ground. So keep the promise you made to my father