7 Lo! forsooth in that night God appeared to him, and said, Ask that that thou wilt, that I give to thee.

8 And Solomon said to God, Thou hast done great mercy with David, my father, and hast ordained me king for him.

9 Now therefore, Lord God, thy word be fulfilled, which thou promisedest to David, my father; for thou hast made me king upon thy great people, which is so unnumberable as the dust of [the] earth.