Solomon's Wisdom at Gibeon

"And Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness." The bronze altar Bezalel made is there.

"Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?" "Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee."

Solomon has 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen. "And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees." Horses come from Egypt and Kue.

Gibeon justified

1 Kings 3 says Solomon worshiped at the "great high place" of Gibeon while the people sacrificed on high places for lack of a temple. Chronicles explains that Gibeon was legitimate because the Mosaic tabernacle and altar were there (compare 1 Chronicles 16:39).

What Chronicles leaves out

The dream's request is shorter, and the story of the two mothers (1 Kings 3:16–28) is omitted; so are Solomon's marriage to Pharaoh's daughter here and his early executions (1 Kings 2).