Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Give my son Solomon a wholehearted desire to obey everything that you command and to build the Temple for which I have made these preparations. Verse ConceptsIntercessionParents Prayer For Their ChildrenCommands, in OTIntercessory PrayerParents Duty To Childrenstructure

King David announced to the entire assembly: God has chosen my son Solomon. He is however young and lacks experience. The work to be done is enormous, because this is not a palace for people but a Temple for Jehovah God. Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofInexperienceMiddle AgeYouthAmateursApprenticesLimitations Of Youthstructure

Jehovah said: I have heard your prayers and your supplication you made. I have made this house holy. I put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there at all times. Verse ConceptsHeart, DivineHoliness, Believers' Growth InHoliness, As Set Apart For GodHoliness, Purpose OfPrayer, Answers ToReceptivenessWatchfulness, DivineGod Answered PrayerGod Pays AttentionA Place For God's Namesupplication

Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all who are in it! Let the Sovereign Lord Jehovah (YHWH) be a witness against you, Jehovah from his Holy Temple. Verse ConceptsHearingListeningThe Witness Of GodThe Temple In Heaven

The angels (cherubs) were standing on the south side of the Temple as the person went. A cloud filled the inner courtyard. Jehovah's glory rose from the angels to the entrance of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple, and the brightness of Jehovah's glory filled the courtyard.

As the priests were leaving the Temple, it was suddenly filled with a cloud. It shined with the dazzling light of Jehovah's presence. They could not go back in to perform their duties.

When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices, and Jehovah's glory filled the Temple. The priests could not go into Jehovah's Temple because Jehovah's glory had filled it. When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and Jehovah's glory on the Temple, they knelt down with their faces on the pavement. They worshiped and praised Jehovah. They said: He is good; his mercy (lovingkindness) endures forever.

He made an image of the goddess Asherah and set it in the Temple of Jehovah. This is the same Temple that Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son: In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever (for a very long time). Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Davidelection, privileges ofSculptureSacrilegeServing AsherahA Place For God's NameChristmas Tree

Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in for a very long time. Verse ConceptsBuildingGod's Dwelling

the trumpeters and singers praised and thanked Jehovah in unison. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments, they sang in praise to Jehovah: He is good; his mercy (lovingkindness) endures forever. Then Jehovah's Temple was filled with a cloud. The priests could not serve because of the cloud. Jehovah's glory filled the Temple of God.

King David announced to the entire assembly: God has chosen my son Solomon. He is however young and lacks experience. The work to be done is enormous, because this is not a palace for people but a Temple for Jehovah God. Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofInexperienceMiddle AgeYouthAmateursApprenticesLimitations Of Youthstructure

I have chosen and declared this Temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfHeart, DivineHoliness, Believers' Growth InHoliness, As Set Apart For GodWatchfulness, DivineSanctification

Solomon began to build Jehovah's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah. That is where Jehovah appeared to his father David. David had prepared the site on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Verse ConceptsCalvaryBeginningJerusalem, Significance OfKingsMountainsSolomon, Life OfThreshing FloorSolomon's TempleStarting To BuildThe First Temple

The work Solomon did on Jehovah's Temple was finished. He brought the holy things that had belonged to his father David, the silver, gold, and all the utensils. He put them in the storerooms of God's Temple. Verse ConceptsSilverStoringfinishing

David specified the weight of gold to be used for each of the utensils for worship, the weight of the gold lamp stands and their gold lamps that is, the weight of gold for each lamp stand and its lamps, the weight of silver for each silver lamp stand and its lamps according to the use of each lamp stand for worship, the weight of gold for each table with the rows of bread, and the silver for the silver tables, read more.
the pure gold for the forks, bowls, and pitchers, the weight of each gold bowl, the weight of each silver bowl, and the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave Solomon the plans for the chariot, that is, the gold angels with their wings spread to cover the Ark of Jehovah's Covenant.

King David announced to the entire assembly: God has chosen my son Solomon. He is however young and lacks experience. The work to be done is enormous, because this is not a palace for people but a Temple for Jehovah God. I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble. Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God's Temple. read more.
I have given one hundred and fifteen tons of the finest gold and two hundred and sixty five tons of pure silver for decorating the walls of the Temple and for all the objects which the skilled workers are to make. Now who else is willing to give a generous offering to Jehovah?

Give my son Solomon a wholehearted desire to obey everything that you command and to build the Temple for which I have made these preparations. Verse ConceptsIntercessionParents Prayer For Their ChildrenCommands, in OTIntercessory PrayerParents Duty To Childrenstructure

King David announced to the entire assembly: God has chosen my son Solomon. He is however young and lacks experience. The work to be done is enormous, because this is not a palace for people but a Temple for Jehovah God. Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofInexperienceMiddle AgeYouthAmateursApprenticesLimitations Of Youthstructure