Thoughts from my personal time with God.
As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God’s blessing on them. He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David…
I await, Lord (Habakkuk 2:1-3): transformation and participation (Jeremiah 6:27; Philippiens 1:29-30; …). Isaiah 55:8-11. I will wait.
…“…can you, O God, really live on earth?
All these buildings and the great court were made of fine stones…
How our attention is drawn to what is transitory (Mark 13:1-2)! May I think and see otherwise, Father (Hebrews 12:27).
…When King Solomon finished all the work on the Temple, he placed in the Temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to the Lord—the silver, gold, and other articles.
1 Kings 7:1 – 8:13 Read More »
King Hiram of Tyre had always been a friend of David’s…
To have friends (2 Samuel 5:11)…
…“I have now decided to build that temple for the worship of the Lord my God. So send your men to Lebanon to cut down cedars for me. …As you well know, my men don’t know how to cut down trees as well as yours do.”
Solomon was king of all Israel… The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore; they ate and drank, and were happy. …As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.
The golden epoch for those who came later, looking back with nostalgia and regret (Psalm 137:1-6).…
…The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this, and so he said to him, “Because you have asked for the wisdom to rule justly, instead of long life for yourself or riches or the death of your enemies, I will do what you have asked. I will give you more wisdom and understanding than anyone has ever had before or will ever have again.
On one occasion he went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices because that was where the most famous altar was. He had offered hundreds of burnt offerings there in the past.
The original from the times of Moses (1 Chronicles 21:28-22:1). Times change though. May I ever remember the past but never hold on to it.
That night the Lord appeared to him in a dream…
Oh that you would appear to me in this way, Lord!…
……the king sent for Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself here in Jerusalem. Live in it and don’t leave the city. If you ever leave and go beyond Kidron Brook, you will certainly die—and you yourself will be to blame.”
“Very well, Your Majesty,” Shimei answered. “I will do what you say.” So he lived in Jerusalem a long time.
1 Kings 2:36 – 3:4 Read More »
.David died and was buried in David’s City. …Solomon succeeded his father David as king
End of an era. Israel’s spiritual zenith occurred during his reign (2 Samuel 6:12-7:29) and Solomon certainly benefited from that. Here, there’s the passing of the baton, much like with Moses to Joshua (Joshua 1:1-2). There’s no room for nostalgia: life marches on.…
…Adonijah’s guests were afraid, and they all got up and left, each going his own way.
End of the party… 😒 As for me, I will cling to the joy that endures (John 16:20-22).
…King Solomon was told that Adonijah was afraid of him and that he was holding on to the corners of the altar and had said, “First, I want King Solomon to swear to me that he will not have me put to death.”
1 Kings 1:49 – 2:9 Read More »
…King David said, “Ask Bathsheba to come back in”—and she came and stood before him. Then he said to her, “I promise you by the living Lord, who has rescued me from all my troubles, that today I will keep the promise I made to you in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, that your son Solomon would succeed me as king.”