Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 7:1-51 Solomon’s palace took six years longer to build than it did to build the structure of the temple. We do not know why. Because the building of the temple was the national priority, it demanded the most...
Jun 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 Kings 5-6:38 In Chapters 3 and 4, we learned of events that took place in the first three years of Solomon’s reign, before he began to build the temple. Solomon is mentioned nearly 300 times in the Old Testament...
Jun 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 3:4-4:34 Solomon goes to Gibeon, the most important high place, to worship the Lord. He offers 10,000 burnt offerings. While he is there, during the night, he has a dream in which the Lord appears to him and gives...
Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 Kings 2:1-3:3. King David gives his final charge to his son, Solomon, before he dies. He accepts his mortality. “I am going the way of all the earth.” He admonishes Solomon to be ready to lead in his absence....
Jun 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 1:1-53 Today we begin the Book of Kings. Family intrigues follow David even to his dying days. David is ‘advanced in years’ and perhaps is suffering from poor circulation. He cannot get warm even while...
