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Read: 2 Chronicles 1:1-17; Matthew 6:33 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” (2 Chron. 1:7) In learning to get dressed, a child learns that if you start with the wrong button at the bottom of the shirt, then things will not be right at the top of the shirt. I still occasionally rediscover that lesson! The same can be true in our spiritual lives. At the very beginning of Solomon’s reign, God says to him, “Ask what I shall give you” (v. 7). Solomon could very easily start off in the wrong place, and then the entire kingship would go wrong. Overwhelmed with the responsibility of royal leadership, Solomon answers God and expresses his desire for wisdom and knowledge. Some might wonder whether Chronicles is glossing over an ugly