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Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burnt incense at the high places. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings upon that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream[a] by night; and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”

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  1. 3.5 a dream: A common means of divine communication, especially before the age of the prophets.

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