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Introduction
After consolidating his reign and cementing his relationships with the surrounding kingdoms, Solomon turned his attention to the task that his father was unable to perform.
It was David’s desire to build a temple in Jerusalem for the Lord.
He wrote:
The LORD knew David’s heart.
David was zealous for the Lord.
He wrote in :
David was certainly zealous for the Lord … and of course this verse also prophetically looks forward to Christ’s zeal for God.
But for our purposes, David was zealous to build a house for the Lord.
But in , God told David that he would NOT be the one to build the Temple.
Instead, the Word of the Lord came to Nathan the prophet saying that the LORD would build David a house.
The LORD was speaking of the establishing of an everlasting kingdom through David … that is, the Messiah would eventually come through his line.
And indeed, Jesus Christ came through the line of David.
As for the direct reason that the LORD did not permit David to build the Tabernacle, 1 Chronicles sheds some light on that.
There, David is speaking to his son, Solomon, and he says:
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Long story short, the Lord knew David’s heart but made it clear that He had other plans for David.
And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God; but the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight.
Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around.
His name shall be Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
Long story short, the Lord knew David’s heart but made it clear that He had other plans for David.
• God used David to fight wars … to expand and defend the borders of the kingdom of Israel, and to establish the administration of Israel.
• Solomon, the man of peace, was God’s choice to build the temple.
And, as we saw last week, even though he could not build the temple himself, David did everything he could to pull together materials that would be needed, and prepare Solomon for this task and encourage him.
And as we have seen so far in 1 Kings, Solomon started out zealous for the LORD.
But as we know his zeal would falter as he later went after foreign gods.
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Now, with our current chapter, we are 4 years after Solomon came to the throne and 480 years after the Exodus.
It is likely that the reference to the Exodus here is not the moment Israel walked out of Egypt, but when the Tabernacle was built.
And it’s interesting then that 480 years would also pass between Solomon’s construction of this Temple and 3408 when the Second Temple was built after the Babylonian exile.
The closing years of David’s reign had been tumultuous, but it was after 4 years of Solomon’s reign that the pre-requisite tranquility for building the temple was established in the land.
It was also during the 4 years that Solomon made his arrangements with Hiram king of Tyre as we talked about last week … and assembled the labor force.
The architectural plans for the temple were provided to Solomon by King David.
Torah tradition says that these plans were given to David by the prophets Gad and Nathan.
But scripture is somewhat ambiguous about this.
The best I can find is where David says to Solomon:
David may have meant he received this from Yahweh by the prophets.
In fact, the phrase, “From the (yad) HAND of Yahweh” seems to indicate that God was speaking not directly to David, but through His prophets.
The general plan of the Temple was similar to the Tabernacle.
But it was much larger and one has to conceded that it was different in many details.
Of course, it was not mobile like the Tabernacle had been.
Israel was now established and settled firmly in the land.
So, it was built on the plot of land that David purchased from Araunah (Aran-yah).
Speaking of which, let’s consider that point.
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Something that I want us to remember is that despite David’s zeal for the Lord, he was not by any means sinless.
In fact, most Biblically literate Christians can think of David’s two greatest sins that are recorded in scripture.
Most people would say that those were:
His adultery with Bathsheba, resulting in the murder of Uriah
And David’s taking a census of the people.
What were David’s two greatest sins?
Most people would reply, “His adultery with Bathsheba and his taking a census of the people,” and their answers would be correct.
As a result of his sin of numbering the people, David purchased property on Mount Moriah where he built an altar and worshiped the Lord ().
David married Bathsheba and God gave them a son whom they named Solomon ().
Now we have Solomon building a temple on David’s property on Mount Moriah!
God took the consequences of David’s two worst sins—a piece of property and a son—and built a temple!
“But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” (, nkjv).
This isn’t an encouragement for us to sin, because David paid dearly for both of those transgressions, but it is an encouragement to us go on serving God after we’ve repented and confessed our sins.
Satan wants us to think that all is lost, but the God of all grace is still at work ().
But think about this … records that a result of his sin of numbering the people was that David purchased property on Mount Moriah where he built an altar and worshiped the Lord.
And then remember that David married Bathsheba and God gave them a son whom they named Solomon.
So, now we have Solomon building a temple on David’s property on Mount Moriah.
It’s not an excuse for sin.
After all, Paul wrote, “What shall we say then?
Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
Certainly not!”
Do not read below:
But it does demonstrate how God is sovereign.
God took the consequences of David’s two worst sins—a piece of property and a son—and built a temple!
Which might then remind us of another thing Paul wrote, “But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more”
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(, nkjv).
This isn’t an encouragement for us to sin, because David paid dearly for both of those transgressions, but it is an encouragement to us go on serving God after we’ve repented and confessed our sins.
Satan wants us to think that all is lost, but the God of all grace is still at work.
As Peter wrote in 1 Peter 5:
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Let’s stop here and pray and then we’ll dig into the chapter.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank You for everyone here this evening.
Thank You that You know each of us by name and have caused us to walk with You.
Lord, we open up Your word desiring to hear from You ... not man's word or wisdom, but Your Words and Wisdom.
Please soften our hearts to receive from You.
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Since the months of the Jewish calendar are counted from Nissan (the month of Passover), Ziv is the 2nd month.
The word ziv means “brilliance, splendor.”
This name is tied to the blossoming of the trees during this time of year.
Solomon chose to begin this work then because the rainy season was over, making the work easier, but also enabling the mortar to dry.
The Temple building had 2 sections.
There was the inner Holy of Holies and the outer Sanctuary (Holy Place).
In regard to measurements … The ancient world had a “short cubit” or “common cubit” of almost eighteen inches and a “long cubit” of almost twenty-one inches.
says that the length used for the Temple was, “according to the former measure.”
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This speaks of the common cubit of almost 18 inches.
The tent of the original tabernacle was 45 feet by 15 feet with a height of about 7 feet.
The structure of Solomon’s Temple was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
90 feet is about the length of a Brachiosaurus or a Blue Whale.
90 feet is just shy of the width between the fingertips of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro.
But perhaps the easiest way for us to see it is on a football field … it would be about the size of the red rectangle here.
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These dimensions do not include the vestibule (porch) and the courtyard, but this puts a little perspective on it.
The porch was 30 feet wide and 15 feet deep at the front of the temple, and a courtyard for the priests surrounded the sanctuary.
A porch thirty feet wide and fifteen feet deep stood at the front of the temple, and a courtyard for the priests surrounded the sanctuary.
It was separated from an outer courtyard by a wall composed of stone blocks and wood (v.
36; ).
calls the court of the priests “the upper courtyard,” which suggests that it stood higher than the outer courtyard.
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