1 The Lord's temple and Solomon’s palace were now finished, and Solomonhad built everything he wanted. 2 1 K 3.5;2 Ch 1.7.Some time later the Lordappeared to him again in a dream, just as he had done at Gibeon. 3 3 Macc 2.9.The Lordsaid:
I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshiped forever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.
4 You must obey me, as your father Daviddid, and be honest and fair. Obey my laws and teachings, 5 1 K 2.4.and I will keep my promise to Davidthat someone from your family will always be king of Israel.
6 But if you or any of your descendants disobey my commands or start worshiping foreign gods, 7 I will no longer let my people Israel live in this land I gave them. I will desert this temple where I said I would be worshiped. Then people everywhere will think this nation is only a joke and will make fun of it. 8 2 K 25.9;2 Ch 36.19.This temple will become a pile of rocks!9.8 a pile of rocks: Some ancient translations; Hebrew "high."Everyone who walks by will be shocked, and they will ask, "Why did the Lorddo such a terrible thing to his people and to this temple?" 9 Then they will answer, "We know why the Lorddid this. The people of Israel rejected the Lordtheir God, who rescued their ancestors from Egypt, and they started worshiping other gods."
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Gibeon is the city whose inhabitants made peace with Israel and asked Joshua for help against the Amorite kings. Joshua told the sun to stand still over Gibeon (Joshua 10:12).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).