WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.920 Emily: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.020 --> 00:00:04.660 Day 300 and 37. 00:00:04.963 --> 00:00:10.003 Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, oh 00:00:10.003 --> 00:00:13.333 Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel. 00:00:13.663 --> 00:00:16.303 May you be praised forever and ever. 00:00:16.873 --> 00:00:22.063 Yours, oh Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the 00:00:22.068 --> 00:00:23.953 victory, and the majesty. 00:00:25.003 --> 00:00:30.613 Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, oh Lord, and this is your kingdom. 00:00:31.528 --> 00:00:33.928 We adore you as the one who is over. 00:00:33.928 --> 00:00:38.248 All things wealth and honor come from you alone. 00:00:38.728 --> 00:00:43.168 For you rule over everything, power and might are in your 00:00:43.168 --> 00:00:45.448 hand and at your discretion. 00:00:45.448 --> 00:00:47.938 People are made great and given strength. 00:00:49.228 --> 00:00:54.088 Oh our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name. 00:00:55.108 --> 00:01:00.538 But who am I and who are my people that we could give anything to you. 00:01:01.588 --> 00:01:07.798 Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us. 00:01:08.518 --> 00:01:12.748 We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land. 00:01:12.753 --> 00:01:18.958 As our ancestors were before us, our days on Earth are like a passing shadow. 00:01:19.318 --> 00:01:21.598 Gone so soon without a trace. 00:01:22.798 --> 00:01:24.148 Oh Lord our God. 00:01:24.748 --> 00:01:28.558 Even this material we have gathered to build a temple to honor 00:01:28.558 --> 00:01:30.748 your holy name comes from you. 00:01:31.318 --> 00:01:33.358 It all belongs to you. 00:01:34.228 --> 00:01:38.398 I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when 00:01:38.398 --> 00:01:39.928 you find in integrity there. 00:01:40.798 --> 00:01:45.298 You know, I have done all this with good motives and I have watched your people 00:01:45.298 --> 00:01:47.968 offer their gifts willingly and joyously. 00:01:49.303 --> 00:01:55.303 Oh Lord, the God of our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make 00:01:55.303 --> 00:01:57.943 your people always want to obey you. 00:01:58.453 --> 00:02:01.663 See to it that their love for you never changes. 00:02:02.383 --> 00:02:07.423 Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, 00:02:07.723 --> 00:02:13.243 laws, and decrees, and to do everything necessary to build this temple for 00:02:13.243 --> 00:02:14.983 which I have made these preparations. 00:02:16.198 --> 00:02:21.508 Then David said to the whole assembly, give praise to the Lord your God. 00:02:22.228 --> 00:02:26.668 And the entire assembly praised the Lord, the God of their ancestors, 00:02:27.088 --> 00:02:30.538 and they bowed low and knelt before the Lord and the king. 00:02:31.918 --> 00:02:38.338 The next day, they brought 1000 bulls, 1000 rams, and 1000 male 00:02:38.338 --> 00:02:40.558 lambs as burnt offerings to the Lord. 00:02:41.548 --> 00:02:45.358 They also brought liquid offerings and many other sacrifices 00:02:45.358 --> 00:02:47.158 on behalf of all Israel. 00:02:48.208 --> 00:02:52.258 They feasted and drank in the Lord's presence with great joy that day. 00:02:53.038 --> 00:02:57.268 And again, they crowned David's son Solomon as their new king. 00:02:57.528 --> 00:03:03.838 They anointed him before the Lord as their leader, and they anointed zadak as priest. 00:03:04.648 --> 00:03:08.278 So Solomon took the throne of the Lord in place of his father. 00:03:08.278 --> 00:03:08.758 David. 00:03:09.403 --> 00:03:15.523 And he succeeded in everything and all Israel obeyed him, all the officials, 00:03:15.823 --> 00:03:21.013 the warriors, and the sons of King David pledged their loyalty to King Solomon. 00:03:21.913 --> 00:03:26.413 And the Lord exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and he 00:03:26.418 --> 00:03:31.363 gave Solomon greater royal splendor than any king in Israel before him. 00:03:32.713 --> 00:03:36.403 So David, son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 00:03:37.423 --> 00:03:44.233 He reigned over Israel for 40 years, seven of them in Hiin and 33 in Jerusalem. 00:03:45.043 --> 00:03:50.113 He died at a Riped age having enjoyed long life wealth and honor. 00:03:50.743 --> 00:03:53.503 Then his son Solomon, ruled in his place. 00:03:53.823 --> 00:03:59.353 All the events of King David's reign from beginning to end are written 00:03:59.353 --> 00:04:04.483 in the record of Samuel the seer, the record of Nathan the prophet. 00:04:05.158 --> 00:04:07.048 And the record of God, the Sr. 00:04:08.128 --> 00:04:12.658 These accounts include the mighty deeds of his reign and everything 00:04:12.658 --> 00:04:17.698 that happened to him and to Israel and to all the surrounding kingdoms. 00:04:20.248 --> 00:04:25.288 Solomon son of David, took firm control of his kingdom for the Lord. 00:04:25.288 --> 00:04:28.258 His God was with him and made him very powerful. 00:04:29.293 --> 00:04:33.553 Solomon called together all the leaders of Israel, the generals and 00:04:33.553 --> 00:04:38.533 captains of the army, the judges, and all the political and clan leaders. 00:04:39.343 --> 00:04:43.993 Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon for 00:04:43.993 --> 00:04:46.183 God's Tabernacle was located there. 00:04:47.023 --> 00:04:52.093 This was the tabernacle that Moses, the Lord's servant had made in the wilderness. 00:04:53.113 --> 00:04:57.673 David had already moved the Ark of God from Cath Jiram to the tent. 00:04:57.703 --> 00:05:03.373 He had prepared for it in Jerusalem, but the bronze altar made by Beel son 00:05:03.378 --> 00:05:08.593 of Yuri and grandson of her was there at Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the 00:05:08.593 --> 00:05:13.723 Lord, so Solomon and the people gathered in front of it to consult the Lord. 00:05:14.803 --> 00:05:16.603 There in front of the tabernacle. 00:05:16.783 --> 00:05:20.473 Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the Lord's presence and 00:05:20.473 --> 00:05:23.413 sacrificed 1000 burnt offerings on it. 00:05:24.553 --> 00:05:28.903 That night, God appeared to Solomon and said, what do you want? 00:05:29.503 --> 00:05:31.513 Ask, and I will give it to you. 00:05:32.593 --> 00:05:34.213 Solomon replied to God. 00:05:35.323 --> 00:05:40.783 You showed great and faithful love to David, my father, and now you 00:05:40.783 --> 00:05:42.823 have made me a king in his place. 00:05:43.753 --> 00:05:49.573 Oh Lord God, please continue to keep your promise to David, my father, for 00:05:49.573 --> 00:05:54.163 you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. 00:05:55.213 --> 00:05:59.023 Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly for who 00:05:59.023 --> 00:06:00.583 could possibly govern this. 00:06:00.583 --> 00:06:01.873 Great people of yours. 00:06:02.593 --> 00:06:07.993 God said to Solomon, because your greatest desire is to help your people. 00:06:08.698 --> 00:06:13.678 You did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your 00:06:13.678 --> 00:06:18.568 enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge 00:06:18.568 --> 00:06:20.428 to properly govern my people. 00:06:21.208 --> 00:06:25.858 I will certainly give you the wisdom and knowledge you requested, but I will 00:06:25.858 --> 00:06:31.558 also give you wealth, riches, and fame such as no other king has had before 00:06:31.558 --> 00:06:34.138 you or will ever have in the future. 00:06:35.113 --> 00:06:39.823 Then Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the Tabernacle at the place of worship 00:06:39.823 --> 00:06:42.883 in Gibeon, and he reigned over Israel. 00:06:44.323 --> 00:06:47.743 Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. 00:06:48.823 --> 00:06:53.443 He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. 00:06:54.163 --> 00:06:58.783 He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem. 00:06:59.713 --> 00:07:04.063 The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. 00:07:05.083 --> 00:07:09.223 And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore fig trees 00:07:09.343 --> 00:07:11.293 that grow in the foothills of Judah. 00:07:12.073 --> 00:07:16.213 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Sia. 00:07:17.173 --> 00:07:20.953 The king's traders acquired them from Sia at the standard price. 00:07:21.733 --> 00:07:26.653 At that time, chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver 00:07:27.013 --> 00:07:29.833 and horses for 150 pieces of silver. 00:07:30.478 --> 00:07:34.588 They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram. 00:07:36.688 --> 00:07:41.038 Solomon decided to build a temple to honor the name of the Lord and 00:07:41.038 --> 00:07:43.048 also a royal palace for himself. 00:07:43.948 --> 00:07:49.858 He enlisted a force of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the 00:07:49.858 --> 00:07:55.288 hill country, and 3,600 for Solomon. 00:07:55.288 --> 00:07:58.408 Also sent this message to King Hira, Matt Tire. 00:08:00.013 --> 00:08:04.063 Send me cedar logs as you did for my father David when 00:08:04.063 --> 00:08:05.563 he was building his palace. 00:08:06.253 --> 00:08:09.763 I am about to build a temple to honor the name of the Lord my God. 00:08:10.393 --> 00:08:15.733 It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him to display 00:08:15.733 --> 00:08:20.803 the special sacrificial bread and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning 00:08:20.803 --> 00:08:25.753 and evening on the Sabbaths at New Moon celebrations and at the other 00:08:25.758 --> 00:08:27.883 appointed festivals of the Lord Our God. 00:08:28.813 --> 00:08:32.023 He has commanded Israel to do these things forever. 00:08:33.163 --> 00:08:37.603 This must be a magnificent temple because our God is greater than 00:08:37.603 --> 00:08:42.133 all other gods, but who can really build him a worthy home? 00:08:42.673 --> 00:08:45.523 Not even the highest heavens can contain him. 00:08:46.243 --> 00:08:50.533 So who am I to consider building a temple for him except as a 00:08:50.533 --> 00:08:52.603 place to burn sacrifices to him? 00:08:53.773 --> 00:08:58.513 So send me a master craftsman who can work with gold, silver, 00:08:58.573 --> 00:09:03.463 bronze, and iron, as well as with purple, scarlet and blue cloth. 00:09:04.153 --> 00:09:09.163 He must be a skilled engraver who can work with the craftsman of Judah and Jerusalem 00:09:09.463 --> 00:09:11.773 who were selected by my father David. 00:09:12.463 --> 00:09:17.803 Also send me Cedar Cyprus and red sandalwood logs from Lebanon. 00:09:18.283 --> 00:09:22.183 For I know that your men are without equal at cutting timber in Lebanon. 00:09:23.098 --> 00:09:24.928 I will send my men to help them. 00:09:25.678 --> 00:09:29.968 An immense amount of timber will be needed for the temple I am going to 00:09:29.968 --> 00:09:35.038 build will be very large and magnificent in payment for your woodcutters. 00:09:35.398 --> 00:09:40.918 I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of 00:09:40.918 --> 00:09:48.298 barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil. 00:09:49.618 --> 00:09:52.708 King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon. 00:09:53.308 --> 00:09:58.078 It is because the Lord loves his people, that he has made you their king. 00:09:58.828 --> 00:10:03.718 Praise the Lord, the God of Israel who made the heavens and the earth. 00:10:04.198 --> 00:10:06.088 He has given King David A. 00:10:06.088 --> 00:10:11.188 Wise son, gifted with skill and understanding who will build a temple for 00:10:11.188 --> 00:10:14.068 the Lord and a royal palace for himself. 00:10:14.968 --> 00:10:20.548 I am sending you a master craftsman named Hirum Abai, who is extremely talented. 00:10:21.478 --> 00:10:26.368 His mother is from the tribe of Dan in Israel, and his father is from tire. 00:10:27.028 --> 00:10:32.278 He is skillful at making things from gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and 00:10:32.278 --> 00:10:34.378 he also works with stone and wood. 00:10:35.158 --> 00:10:39.238 He can work with purple, blue, and scarlet cloth and fine linen. 00:10:39.838 --> 00:10:44.248 He is also an engraver and can follow any design given to him. 00:10:45.058 --> 00:10:49.888 He will work with your craftsmen and those appointed by my Lord David, your father 00:10:51.088 --> 00:10:56.278 send along the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine that my Lord has mentioned. 00:10:56.848 --> 00:11:01.108 We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will 00:11:01.108 --> 00:11:05.308 float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Japa. 00:11:06.328 --> 00:11:09.268 From there, you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem. 00:11:10.198 --> 00:11:15.208 Solomon took a census of all foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his 00:11:15.213 --> 00:11:20.428 father had taken, and he counted 153,600. 00:11:21.298 --> 00:11:27.058 He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 as quarry workers in 00:11:27.058 --> 00:11:30.808 the hill country, and 3,600 as foreman. 00:11:32.413 --> 00:11:36.343 So Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem 00:11:36.343 --> 00:11:40.633 on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to David, his father. 00:11:41.653 --> 00:11:45.703 The temple was built on the threshing floor of Irana, the Jbu site. 00:11:46.273 --> 00:11:52.093 The site that David had selected, the construction began in mid-spring during 00:11:52.093 --> 00:11:53.983 the fourth year of Solomon's reign. 00:11:55.513 --> 00:11:59.653 These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the temple of God. 00:12:00.268 --> 00:12:05.878 Using the old standard of measurement, it was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. 00:12:06.448 --> 00:12:09.688 The entry room at the front of the temple was 30 feet wide, 00:12:10.228 --> 00:12:14.578 running across the entire width of the temple and 30 feet high. 00:12:15.508 --> 00:12:17.968 He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 00:12:19.168 --> 00:12:23.788 He paneled the main room of the temple with Cyprus wood, overlaid it with 00:12:23.788 --> 00:12:28.198 fine gold, and decorated it with carvings of palm trees and chains. 00:12:29.863 --> 00:12:33.733 He decorated the walls of the temple with beautiful jewels and 00:12:33.733 --> 00:12:35.623 with gold from the land of Parve. 00:12:36.523 --> 00:12:40.903 He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors throughout the 00:12:40.903 --> 00:12:45.433 temple with gold, and he carved figures of cherubim on the walls. 00:12:46.273 --> 00:12:51.223 He made the most holy place, 30 feet wide, corresponding to the width 00:12:51.223 --> 00:12:53.503 of the temple, and 30 feet deep. 00:12:54.223 --> 00:12:58.033 He overlaid its interior with 23 tons of fine gold. 00:12:59.233 --> 00:13:02.593 The gold nails that were used weighed 20 ounces each. 00:13:03.463 --> 00:13:06.673 He also overlaid the walls of the upper rooms with gold. 00:13:07.423 --> 00:13:12.253 He made two figures shaped like cherubim, overlaid them with gold and 00:13:12.253 --> 00:13:14.203 placed them in the most holy place. 00:13:14.543 --> 00:13:20.503 The total wingspan of the two cherubims standing side by side was 30 feet. 00:13:21.373 --> 00:13:24.943 One wing of the first figure was seven and a half feet long, 00:13:25.633 --> 00:13:27.223 and it touched the temple wall. 00:13:28.078 --> 00:13:32.488 The other wing also seven and a half feet long touched one of the wings 00:13:32.488 --> 00:13:35.398 of the second figure in the same way. 00:13:35.728 --> 00:13:39.268 The second figure had one wing seven and a half feet long 00:13:39.268 --> 00:13:40.828 that touched the opposite wall. 00:13:41.788 --> 00:13:47.068 The other wing also seven and a half feet long touched the wing of the first figure. 00:13:47.998 --> 00:13:52.408 So the wingspan of the two cherubim side by side was 30 feet. 00:13:52.918 --> 00:13:56.638 They stood on their feet and faced out toward the main room of the temple. 00:13:58.798 --> 00:14:02.488 Across the entrance of the most holy place, he hung a curtain made 00:14:02.488 --> 00:14:07.948 of fine linen, decorated with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and 00:14:07.948 --> 00:14:09.838 embroidered with figures of cherubim. 00:14:11.128 --> 00:14:15.808 For the front of the temple, he made two pillars that were 27 feet tall, 00:14:16.408 --> 00:14:20.878 each topped by a capital extending upward, another seven and a half feet. 00:14:21.568 --> 00:14:25.528 He made a network of interwoven chains and used them to decorate 00:14:25.528 --> 00:14:26.548 the tops of the pillars. 00:14:27.793 --> 00:14:32.923 He also made 100 decorative pomegranates and attached them to the chains. 00:14:33.583 --> 00:14:36.793 Then he set up the two pillars at the entrance of the temple, 00:14:37.513 --> 00:14:41.113 one to the south of the entrance and the other to the north. 00:14:41.893 --> 00:14:46.603 He named the one on the south jenkin and the one on the north Boaz 00:14:47.953 --> 00:14:50.053 Solomon also made a bronze altar. 00:14:50.053 --> 00:14:54.583 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. 00:14:55.873 --> 00:15:02.743 Then he cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim called the sea. 00:15:03.373 --> 00:15:08.143 It was seven and a half feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference. 00:15:09.043 --> 00:15:14.203 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. 00:15:14.283 --> 00:15:18.073 There were about six oxen per foot all the way around, and they 00:15:18.073 --> 00:15:19.813 were cast as part of the basin. 00:15:20.773 --> 00:15:25.963 The sea was placed on a base of 12 bronze oxen all facing outward, 00:15:26.563 --> 00:15:32.533 three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced 00:15:32.533 --> 00:15:35.293 east, and the sea rested on them. 00:15:35.503 --> 00:15:40.813 The, the walls of the sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like 00:15:40.813 --> 00:15:43.543 a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. 00:15:44.443 --> 00:15:48.523 It could hold about 16,500 gallons of water. 00:15:50.113 --> 00:15:55.033 He also made 10 smaller basins for washing the utensils for the burnt offerings. 00:15:55.333 --> 00:16:00.043 He set five on the south side and five on the north, but the priests 00:16:00.043 --> 00:16:01.873 washed themselves in the sea. 00:16:03.133 --> 00:16:07.723 He then cast 10 gold lamp stands according to the specifications that had been 00:16:07.723 --> 00:16:10.243 given, and he put them in the temple. 00:16:11.443 --> 00:16:14.623 Five were placed against the south wall, and five were 00:16:14.623 --> 00:16:16.093 placed against the North wall. 00:16:17.068 --> 00:16:21.838 He also built 10 tables and placed them in the temple, five along the south 00:16:21.838 --> 00:16:24.088 wall and five along the north wall. 00:16:24.988 --> 00:16:27.718 Then he molded 100 gold basins. 00:16:28.558 --> 00:16:32.908 He then built a courtyard for the priests and also the large outer courtyard. 00:16:33.688 --> 00:16:38.338 He made doors for the courtyard entrances and overlaid them with bronze. 00:16:38.968 --> 00:16:42.268 The great bronze basin called the sea was placed near the 00:16:42.268 --> 00:16:43.978 southeast corner of the temple. 00:16:44.608 --> 00:16:49.438 Hurum Abai also made the necessary wash basins, shovels and bowls. 00:16:50.068 --> 00:16:54.388 So at last, Hurum Abai completed everything King Solomon had assigned 00:16:54.388 --> 00:16:56.398 him to make for the Temple of God. 00:16:57.238 --> 00:17:01.828 The two pillars, the two bowls shaped capitals on top of the pillars, 00:17:02.608 --> 00:17:06.208 the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals, 00:17:06.928 --> 00:17:10.828 the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitols. 00:17:11.398 --> 00:17:15.118 Two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated 00:17:15.118 --> 00:17:20.188 the capitals on top of the pillars, the water carts holding the basins, 00:17:20.848 --> 00:17:23.158 the sea, and the 12 oxen under it. 00:17:23.968 --> 00:17:29.188 The ash buckets, the shovels, the meat hooks, and all the related articles. 00:17:30.718 --> 00:17:34.618 Hurum Abe made all these things of burnished bronze for the temple of the 00:17:34.618 --> 00:17:37.738 Lord, just as King Solomon had directed. 00:17:38.503 --> 00:17:44.233 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Zeth and Zhan. 00:17:44.893 --> 00:17:48.253 Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its 00:17:48.253 --> 00:17:49.813 weight could not be determined. 00:17:51.283 --> 00:17:56.893 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the temple of God, the gold altar. 00:17:57.493 --> 00:18:01.603 The tables for the bread of the presents, the lamp stands, and their 00:18:01.603 --> 00:18:06.523 lamps of solid gold to burn in front of the most holy place as prescribed. 00:18:07.348 --> 00:18:13.588 The flower, decorations, lamps, and tongs, all of the purest gold, the 00:18:13.588 --> 00:18:18.838 lamp, snuffers bowls, ladles and incense, burners, all of solid gold. 00:18:19.858 --> 00:18:23.878 The doors for the entrances to the most holy place, and the main room 00:18:23.878 --> 00:18:26.368 of the temple overlaid with gold. 00:18:27.238 --> 00:18:30.838 So Solomon finished all his work on the temple of the Lord. 00:18:31.438 --> 00:18:33.058 Then he brought all the gifts. 00:18:33.058 --> 00:18:35.098 His father David had dedicated. 00:18:35.503 --> 00:18:40.153 The silver, the gold, and the various articles, and he stored them in the 00:18:40.153 --> 00:18:41.953 treasuries of the temple of God.