Solomon determined to inaugurate his reign with a grand religious ceremony at each of the two holy places revered by the Jews at that time. After c…

Stood before the ark of the covenant, in its Tabernacle on Mount Zion, which now constituted a second, and probably still more sac…

And Solomon awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream
Not that it was nothing but a dream, a natural one, a vain and empt…

Solomon's dream was not a common one. While his bodily powers were locked up in sleep, the powers of his soul were strengthened; he was enabled to …