Category: 1 Kings
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The Body of Christ
1 Kings 5:5 “I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’” In the study of Solomon’s temple, we should keep in mind that this temple is meant…
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Spiritual Measurements
1 Kings 6:2 “The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.” The temple that Solomon built was to represent the dwelling place of God on earth. It was to be the centerpiece of worship in Israel. Yet, Solomon recognized, and we should to, that no physical…
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Perfect Obedience
1 Kings 6:11-13 “Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, ‘Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. And I will dwell among the children of…
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The Conscripts
1 Kings 5:13 “King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel.” In the passage above, we are told that King Solomon used forced labor to build the temple. Typically, such conscripts were taken from the surrounding nations that had been defeated in battle. Earlier examples of this can be found in places such as Judges…
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Ministering Spirits
1 Kings 5:13-18 “King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men. And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the draft. Solomon also had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,besides…
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Glorious Shadows
1 Kings 5:5-6 “I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’ Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your…
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Three Kings
1 Kings 5:1-2 “Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David. And Solomon sent word to Hiram.” As we read the words above excerpted from the story about Solomon’s preparations to build the temple, we see that…
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The Wonderful Temple of God
1 Kings 5:2-5 “And Solomon sent word to Hiram, ‘You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is…
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The Manifest Wisdom of God
1 Kings 4:29-34 “And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite,…
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What’s the Ideal?
1 Kings 4:20-25 “Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life…
