started about 970 BC.12 Solomon’s life was changed shortly thereafter. We read of Solomon’s opportunity and dilemma in 1 Kings 3:3–8. As Solomon worshiped Yahweh earnestly in Gibeon one day, he received a vision of God in a dream in the night (v. 5). In this dream, God gave Solomon a choice that most of us … well, we could only dream of it. However, Solomon’s “dream” was a reality. God said, “Ask what I shall give you” (v. 5). Breath-taking. A blank check, from God. Solomon was clearly overwhelmed
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