The temple would be the focal point of the next several chapters of the book. Solomon went about his business to gather the best materials around (cedar wood from Tyre) and in the process he would build a palace for himself. He chose 70 000 men to carry loads. He chose 80 000 men to cut stone in the
hill country. And he appointed 3600 men to control these workers. In the process, he solidified the relationships with those kings (Hiram) whose hearts and spirit aligned with the Lord's. They also knew that Solomon was blessed and chosen by God and thus it served their best interest to align and give in to whatever requests were given. The temple would be magnificent and the temple that would be built in Haggai's time would be dwarfed by this one. Solomon knew that the temple would be a place of worship and thus he would ensure this by having sacrifices set up daily to honor the Lord.
Good weekend and relaxing after a great Father's day dinner with the family. I made some "low and slow" ribs with Irene's killer soup for dinner on Sat which was great. Rough weekend for my team but still they were respectable. Extraordinary day at church yesterday with 2 Prayer shields and a smooth annual meeting. This is shaping up to be a long workweek in more ways than one....
Praise for today: But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens cannot contain him? 2 Chr 2: 6a
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