October 15, 2025
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Reading along with us in 1 Kings and Acts? Here’s today’s reading:
1 Kings 7 (NIV)
Solomon Builds His Palace
1It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.……Continue Reading
Hard to miss that Solomon’s palace had a bigger footprint than the temple and took almost double the time to build. Not that I think that means something, but a curious detail. And it is neat how God provides the talents necessary for His will to be accomplished and sometimes those individuals come from unexpected or foreign sources. And it is amazing to read the detail given and precise and beautiful nature of what God called for when it came to what people would associate with Him as they came to worship, pray and sacrifice.
1 kings 7
It does seem that great detail and beauty were put into Solomon’s home, maybe even more so than the temple. Clearly things were prosperous as the quality of both materials and craftsmanship were the best of the best. I do think that our homes are a place of safety and refuge, hospitality and welcoming so to be sure it is a special place is important but the church is also that to many and so as a part of the church using our gifts, talents, and times to keep it clean, functioning, and beautiful is very important too.
Psalms 11; Isaiah 61; 1 Kings 7
1 Kings 7
Please replace my last comment with this one, the first one that had typos : (
Sounds like a beautiful place to for God to dwell in; spare no expense for the Temple of the LORD! And, let us not forget that WE are God’s temple. Be persistent with taking good care of it, both physically and spiritually, keeping it pure. For Paul said, “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19.
This must have been amazing to see….and smell all that cedar!
I was thinking about what you said about the footprint of Solomons palace being larger than the temple, but I was considering that the temple had to be built, I assume, according to specific instructions from God. Judging from the details given in tabernacle and temple descriptions in other places in scripture.