Monthly Archives: July 2017

The Temple Construction Begins 1 Solomon gave orders to begin construction on the house of worship in honor ofGodand a palace for himself. 2 Solomon assigned seventy thousand common laborers, eighty thousand to work the quarries in the mountains, and thirty-six hundred foremen to manage the workforce. 3-4 Then Solomon sent this message to King […]

1-4 So Solomon broke ground, launched construction of the house ofGodin Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, the place whereGodhad appeared to his father David. The precise site, the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, had been designated by David. He broke ground on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his […]

Temple Furnishings 1 He made the Bronze Altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high. 2-5 He made a Sea—an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet high, and forty-five feet in circumference. Just under the rim, there were two parallel bands of something […]

1 That completed the work King Solomon did on The Temple ofGod. He then brought in the holy offerings of his father David, the silver and the gold and the artifacts. He placed them all in the treasury of God’s Temple. Installing the Chest 2-3 Bringing all this to a climax, Solomon got all the […]

Solomon’s Dedication and Prayer 1-2 Then Solomon said, Godsaid he would dwell in a cloud, But I’ve built a temple most splendid, A place for you to live in forever. 3 The king then turned to face the congregation that had come together and blessed them: 4-6 “Blessed beGod, the God of Israel, who spoke […]

The Temple Dedication 1-3 When Solomon finished praying, a bolt of lightning out of heaven struck the Whole-Burnt-Offering and sacrifices and the Glory ofGodfilled The Temple. The Glory was so dense that the priests couldn’t get in—Godso filled The Temple that there was no room for the priests! When all Israel saw the fire fall […]

More on Solomon 1-6 At the end of twenty years, Solomon had quite a list of accomplishments. He had: built The Temple ofGodand his own palace; rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and colonized them with Israelites; marched on Hamath Zobah and took it; fortified Tadmor in the desert and all the store-cities […]

1-4 The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s reputation and came to Jerusalem to put his reputation to the test, asking all the tough questions. She made a showy entrance—an impressive retinue of attendants and camels loaded with perfume and much gold and precious stones. She emptied her heart to Solomon, talking over everything she […]

King Rehoboam 1-2 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam was then in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon’s death, he came back. 3-4 Summoned by Israel, Jeroboam and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said, “Your […]

1 When Rehoboam got back to Jerusalem he called up the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 of their best soldiers, to go to war against Israel and recover the kingdom. 2-4 At the same time the word ofGodcame to Shemaiah, a holy man, “Tell this to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king […]