Tag: Solomon
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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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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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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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Exegetical Exercise (2 Chronicles 6 12-21)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, March 11 is 2 Chronicles 6:12-21. Here, a little later than usual, are my notes on the text: First Impressions: I’m not a big fan of imagining what’s going on in the text, but it’s hard not to imagine this scene in the brand new Temple, with lots of…
Matters of Interpretation 