In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

But behold, during that night God appeared to him, saying, "Request what you wish, so that I may give it to you."

The verbal differences between this passage and the corresponding one of Kings 1-Kings 3:5-14 are very considerable, and indicate the general truth that the object of the sacred historians is to give a true account of the real bearing of what was said: not ordinarily to furnish us with all or the exact words that were uttered. The most important point omitted in Chronicles, and supplied by Kings, is the conditional promise of long life made to Solomon 1-Kings 3:14; while the chief point absent from Kings, and recorded by our author, is the solemn appeal made by Solomon to the promise of God to David his father 2-Chronicles 1:9, which he now called upon God to "establish," or to perform.

In that night - The night following the sacrifice. On Solomon's choice, see the notes on 1-Kings 3:5-15 (note).

In that night did God appear unto Solomon,.... From hence to the end of 2-Chronicles 1:12 it is the same with 1-Kings 3:5. See Gill on 1-Kings 3:5, 1-Kings 3:6, 1-Kings 3:7, 1-Kings 3:8, 1-Kings 3:9, 1-Kings 3:10, 1-Kings 3:11, 1-Kings 3:12, 1-Kings 3:13, 1-Kings 3:14, 1-Kings 3:15

HIS CHOICE OF WISDOM IS BLESSED BY GOD. (2-Chronicles 1:7-13)
In that night did God appear unto Solomon--(See on 1-Kings 3:5).