Tag: 1 Kings
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – 1 Kings 8 54-66
We are studying 1 Kings 8:54-66 for Sunday, January 26; this is the finale of Solomon’s dedication of the [first] Temple in Jerusalem. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we might be able to think about, or discuss in class: We seem to be forced to conclude that some […]
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Study Notes – 1 Kings 8 54-66
We are studying 1 Kings 8:54-66 for Sunday, January 26; this is the conclusion of the story of Solomon’s dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem as told in 1 Kings. This is our fourth week working through this particular chapter of 1 Kings, and this particular episode in the life of ancient Israel. We looked […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – 1 Kings 8 22-30 and following
We are studying 1 Kings 8:22-30 and up through verse 53 for Sunday. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider or discuss as we study the text: The beginning of Solomon’s prayer (verses 27-30) addresses God as someone who will not “dwell” in the Temple, […]
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Study Notes – 1 Kings 8 22-30 and following
We are studying 1 Kings 8:22-30 and up through verse 53 for Sunday. This is Solomon’s prayer on the occasion of the dedication of the first Temple in Jerusalem – the one we sometimes call Solomon’s Temple, since he was the one who built it. Here are my [belated, brief] notes on this text: BACKGROUND […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – 1 Kings 8 14-21
We are studying 1 Kings 8:14-21 for Sunday, January 12. This text contains Solomon’s speech in dedication of the newly-constructed Temple in Jerusalem. Here are a few questions to consider as we think about what this text means for us: What does the text say explicitly about God? Does this explicit description imply anything about […]
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Study Notes – 1 Kings 8 14-21
We are studying 1 Kings 8:14-21 for Sunday, January 12. This will be our second of four weeks spent in this chapter of 1 Kings, which tells the story of Solomon’s dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem, from the perspective of the Bibical author known as “the Deuteronomist.” This part of the text is the […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – 1 Kings 8 1-13
We are studying 1 Kings 8:1-13 for Sunday, January 5. This is the account in Kings of Solomon’s installation of the Ark of the Covenant in the newly-built Temple in Jerusalem. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider or discuss in class: The worship described […]
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Study Notes – 1 Kings 8 1-13
We are studying 1 Kings 8:1-13 for Sunday, January 5 – the first Sunday of the new year 2020 bringing us the story of the first day of worship in Solomon’s new Temple for YHWH. The story is told in almost [not quite] identical fashion in 2 Chronicles 5:1-6:2. Here are my notes on the […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – 1 Kings 17 8-16
We are studying 1 Kings 17:8-16 for Sunday, October 13; this is first part of the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath. [Notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions about the text for our consideration: Elijah receives an instruction from God to go to Zarephath – a long way […]
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Study Notes – 1 Kings 17 8-16
We are studying 1 Kings 17:8-16 for Sunday, October 13, the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath (we don’t know her name). [A few questions on the text are here.] Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The story is told in 1 Kings, what we might think of as […]
Matters of Interpretation 