Psalia.History & narrative / About this book
Solomon’s temple opens a story of Judah’s kings measured by their response to God. Reform, prayer and renewed worship recur alongside stubbornness and injustice. Even after Jerusalem falls, the closing proclamation points toward return and rebuilding.
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Notice how the narrator presents success, failure, memory, and responsibility. A brief note about what has changed can help you pick up the thread when you return to the next chapter.
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1Solomon the son of David was firmly established in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great.
2Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.
3Then Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for God’s Tent of Meeting was there, which the LORD’s servant Moses had made in the wilderness.
4But David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5Moreover the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the LORD’s tabernacle; and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.
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