September, 2024 — Quovadisworld

SOLOMON’S PRAYER A PLEA FOR NATIONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS

Solomon’s Prayer A Plea For National Righteousness.

SOLOMON’S PRAYER APPEALS TO THE GOD OF MERCY

Solomon’s Prayer Appeals To The God Of Mercy. “When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and then they turn to You again and praise Your Name and pray and ask for Your favor and compassion in this house (temple), then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave their fathers.

SOLOMON’S PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication. Then Solomon stood [in the courtyard] before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

SOLOMON BLESSES THE LORD

Solomon Blesses the Lord. He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hand, saying, ‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I did not choose a [particular] city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name (Presence) would be in it, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’

THE ARK BROUGHT INTO THE TEMPLE

The Ark Brought Into The Temple. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion.

DIE TEMPELVOORWERPE VAN KOPER EN GOUD

The Temple Vessels Of Brass And Of Gold. Solomon made all the [other] furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the [incense] altar of gold; the table of gold on which was the bread of the Presence;

THE TEMPLE FURNISHINGS VASES AND LAVERS

The Temple Furnishings Vases And Lavers. Then Hiram made ten bronze stands [for smaller basins]; the length of each stand was four cubits, its width was four cubits and its height was three cubits. This was the design of the stands: they had borders between the frames.

PILLARS OF SECURITY AND STRENGTH

Pillars Of Security And Strength. Now King Solomon sent word and brought Hiram [a skilled craftsman] from Tyre. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Hiram was filled with wisdom, understanding, and skill for doing any [kind of] work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] work.

SOLOMON BUILDS HIS PALACE

Solomon Builds His Palace. Now Solomon built his own house (palace) in thirteen years, and he finished all of his house [in that time].

SOLOMON BUILDS THE TEMPLE CARVED; OVERLAID; FINISHED

Solomon Builds The Temple Carved; Overlaid; Finished. He carved all the walls of the house all around with carved engravings of cherubim, palm-shaped decorations, and open flowers, [both] the inner and the outer sanctuaries. He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, [both] the inner and outer sanctuaries.