Pray with Solomon
David's son, who was offered anything and asked for wisdom to govern.
OT
SolomonGive your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”1 Kings 3:9 · ESVPeople of the Bible10 / 36
SolomonGive your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”1 Kings 3:9 · ESVPeople of the Bible10 / 36prayed with 0 of 36
How to pray this card
- Who prayed it
- Solomon
- Context
- At Gibeon, where Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings, God appeared to him in a dream and said, “Ask what I shall give you” (1 Kings 3:4-5). Now king in place of David, Solomon called himself “but a little child” (3:7).
- Read how Solomon prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
- Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
- Read the verses that name Solomon, further down this page.
Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.
In the same story
Where Solomon appears
Solomon is named in 273 verses across 14 books
Chapter and verse, book by book.
| Book | Where | Verses |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Samuel | 5:1412:2412:25 | 3 |
| 1 Kings | Chapters12345678910111214 | 140 |
| 2 Kings | 21:723:1324:1325:16 | 4 |
| 1 Chronicles | 3:53:106:106:3214:418:822:522:622:722:922:1723:128:528:628:928:1128:2029:129:1929:2229:2329:2429:2529:28 | 24 |
| 2 Chronicles | Chapters12345678910111213303335 | 74 |
| Ezra | 2:552:58 | 2 |
| Nehemiah | 7:577:6011:312:4513:26 | 5 |
| Proverbs | 1:110:125:1 | 3 |
| Song of Solomon | 1:11:53:73:93:118:118:12 | 7 |
| Jeremiah | 52:20 | 1 |
| Matthew | 1:61:76:2912:42 | 4 |
| Luke | 11:3112:27 | 2 |
| John | 10:23 | 1 |
| Acts | 3:115:127:47 | 3 |
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