King James Version
2 Chronicles 1:7 in the King James Version says “In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.”
2 Chronicles 1:7 · KJV
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. he put: or, was there
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. like: Heb. much as the dust of the earth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“In that night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“appear”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“did God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“what I shall give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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