Tag: Lord

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 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. 

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 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.