(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 11:1-13) 1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 10:14-29) 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold… Wait, 666? Isn’t that a number that we are familiar with? Isn’t that the number from Revelation 13:18 regarding the number of the beast? Is the Book of Revelation pulling the reader back […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 10:1-13) 1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with difficult questions…4 When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 5 the food of his table, the […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 9:10-28) Solomon was to walk with the Lord as David did, in integrity of heart and uprightness. However, in today’s Scripture, as we see Solomon giving Hiram king of Tyre twenty cities in the land of Galilee, Hiram’s response isn’t one of awe and glory for the beauty of the cities. Instead, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 9:1-9) In Scripture, we see many saints walk with the Lord. To walk with the Lord means living in relationship with God, aligning our lives with His will, and walking in the same direction, with the same heart, and in acts of faith that are aligned with our Lord. To walk with […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 8:54-66) 54 When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. 55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice. In his […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 8:22-53) As Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, he prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel. This was a prayer of supplication for the people, with Solomon standing in a priestly manner between […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 8:1-21) 10 It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. Just as we read in […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 7:1-51) In 1 Kings 6:38, we read that Solomon was seven years in building the temple of the Lord. As we transition over to 1 Kings 7:1, we suddenly read about Solomon building his own house taking thirteen years to finish his entire house. 1 Kings 7 then continues describing the building […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 6:1-38) In today’s Scripture, we read the details of Solomon building the temple, the house of the Lord. If we read it through carefully and in detail, we will find that we have a hard time visualizing what the house of the Lord actually looked like. There are a lot of details […]