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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:03 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday April 7 >1 Kings 4-6 (The Message) > > 1 Kings 4 > 1-2 King Solomon was off to a good start ruling Israel. These were the > leaders in his government: > 2-6 Azariah son of Zadok-the priest; > Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha-secretaries; > Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud-historian; > Benaiah son of Jehoiada-commander of the army; > Zadok and Abiathar-priests; > Azariah son of Nathan-in charge of the regional managers; > Zabud son of Nathan-priest and friend to the king; > Ahishar-manager of the palace; > Adoniram son of Abda-manager of the slave labor. > > 7-19 Solomon had twelve regional managers distributed throughout Israel. > They were responsible for > supplying provisions for the king and his administration. > Each was in charge of bringing supplies for one month of the year. These > are the names: > Ben-Hur in the Ephraim hills; > Ben-Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Bethhanan; > Ben-Hesed in Arubboth-this included Socoh and all of Hepher; > Ben-Abinadab in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Solomon's daughter > Taphath); > Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth Shan next to > Zarethan below Jezreel, and > from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah over to Jokmeam; > Ben-Geber in Ramoth Gilead-this included the villages of Jair son of > Manasseh in Gilead and the > region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty large walled > cities with bronze-studded gates; > Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim; > Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath); > Baana son of Hushai in Asher and Aloth; > Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar; > Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin; > Geber son of Uri in Gilead-this was the country of Sihon king of the > Amorites and also of Og king > of Bashan; he managed the whole district by himself. > > Solomon's Prosperity > 20-21 Judah and Israel were densely populated-like sand on an ocean beach! > All their needs were met; > they ate and drank and were happy. Solomon was sovereign > over all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates in the east to the country > of the Philistines in the > west, all the way to the border of Egypt. They brought > tribute and were vassals of Solomon all his life. > > 22-23 One day's food supply for Solomon's household was: > > 185 bushels of fine flour > > 375 bushels of meal > > 10 grain-fed cattle > > 20 range cattle > > 100 sheep > > and miscellaneous deer, gazelles, roebucks, and choice fowl. > > 24-25 Solomon was sovereign over everything, countries and kings, west of > the River Euphrates from > Tiphsah to Gaza. Peace reigned everywhere. Throughout > Solomon's life, everyone in Israel and Judah lived safe and sound, all of > them from Dan in the north > to Beersheba in the south-content with what they had. > > 26-28 Solomon had forty thousand stalls for chariot horses and twelve > thousand horsemen. The > district managers, each according to his assigned month, delivered > food supplies for King Solomon and all who sat at the king's table; there > was always plenty. They > also brought to the designated place their assigned quota > of barley and straw for the horses. > > 29-34 God gave Solomon wisdom-the deepest of understanding and the largest > of hearts. There was > nothing beyond him, nothing he couldn't handle. Solomon's > wisdom outclassed the vaunted wisdom of wise men of the East, outshone the > famous wisdom of Egypt. > He was wiser than anyone-wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, > wiser than Heman, wiser than Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol. He became > famous among all the > surrounding nations. He created 3,000 proverbs; his songs > added up to 1,005. He knew all about plants, from the huge cedar that > grows in Lebanon to the tiny > hyssop that grows in the cracks of a wall. He understood > everything about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. Sent by kings from > all over the earth who had > heard of his reputation, people came from far and > near to listen to the wisdom of Solomon. > > 1 Kings 5 > > International Fame > 1-4Hiram king of Tyre sent ambassadors to Solomon when he heard that he > had been crowned king in > David's place. Hiram had loved David his whole life. Solomon > responded, saying, "You know that David my father was not able to build a > temple in honor of God > because of the wars he had to fight on all sides, until > God finally put them down. But now God has provided peace all around-no > one against us, nothing at > odds with us. > > 5-6 "Now here is what I want to do: Build a temple in honor of God, my > God, following the promise > that God gave to David my father, namely, 'Your son whom > I will provide to succeed you as king, he will build a house in my honor.' > And here is how you can > help: Give orders for cedars to be cut from the Lebanon > forest; my loggers will work alongside yours and I'll pay your men > whatever wage you set. We both > know that there is no one like you Sidonians for cutting > timber." > > 7 When Hiram got Solomon's message, he was delighted, exclaiming, "Blessed > be God for giving David > such a wise son to rule this flourishing people!" > > 8-9 Then he sent this message to Solomon: "I received your request for the > cedars and cypresses. > It's as good as done-your wish is my command. My lumberjacks > will haul the timbers from the Lebanon forest to the sea, assemble them > into log rafts, float them > to the place you set, then have them disassembled for > you to haul away. All I want from you is that you feed my crew." > > 10-12 In this way Hiram supplied all the cedar and cypress timber that > Solomon wanted. In his turn, > Solomon gave Hiram 125,000 bushels of wheat and 115,000 > gallons of virgin olive oil. He did this every year. And God, for his > part, gave Solomon wisdom, > just as he had promised. The healthy peace between Hiram > and Solomon was formalized by a treaty. > > The Temple Work Begins > 13-18 King Solomon raised a workforce of thirty thousand men from all over > Israel. He sent them in > shifts of ten thousand each month to the Lebanon forest; > they would work a month in Lebanon and then be at home two months. > Adoniram was in charge of the > work crew. Solomon also had seventy thousand unskilled > workers and another eighty thousand stonecutters up in the hills-plus > thirty-three hundred foremen > managing the project and supervising the work crews. > Following the king's orders, they quarried huge blocks of the best > stone-dressed stone for the > foundation of The Temple. Solomon and Hiram's construction > workers, assisted by the men of Gebal, cut and prepared the timber and > stone for building The > Temple. > > 1 Kings 6 > 1-6 Four hundred and eighty years after the Israelites came out of Egypt, > in the fourth year of > Solomon's rule over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second > month, Solomon started building The Temple of God. The Temple that King > Solomon built to God was > ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet > high. There was a porch across the thirty-foot width of The Temple that > extended out fifteen feet. > Within The Temple he made narrow, deep-silled windows. > Against the outside walls he built a supporting structure in which there > were smaller rooms: The > lower floor was seven and a half feet wide, the middle > floor nine feet, and the third floor ten and a half feet. He had > projecting ledges built into the > outside Temple walls to support the buttressing beams. > > 7 The stone blocks for the building of The Temple were all dressed at the > quarry so that the > building site itself was reverently quiet-no noise from hammers > and chisels and other iron tools. > > 8-10 The entrance to the ground floor was at the south end of The Temple; > stairs led to the second > floor and then to the third. Solomon built and completed > The Temple, finishing it off with roof beams and planks of cedar. The > supporting structure along the > outside walls was attached to The Temple with cedar > beams and the rooms in it were seven and a half feet tall. > > 11-13 The word of God came to Solomon saying, "About this Temple you are > building-what's important > is that you live the way I've set out for you and do > what I tell you, following my instructions carefully and obediently. Then > I'll complete in you the > promise I made to David your father. I'll personally > take up my residence among the Israelites-I won't desert my people > Israel." > > 14-18 Solomon built and completed The Temple. He paneled the interior > walls from floor to ceiling > with cedar planks; for flooring he used cypress. The > thirty feet at the rear of The Temple he made into an Inner Sanctuary, > cedar planks from floor to > ceiling-the Holy of Holies. The Main Sanctuary area in > front was sixty feet long. The entire interior of The Temple was cedar, > with carvings of fruits and > flowers. All cedar-none of the stone was exposed. > > 19-22 The Inner Sanctuary within The Temple was for housing the Chest of > the Covenant of God. This > Inner Sanctuary was a cube, thirty feet each way, all > plated with gold. The Altar of cedar was also gold-plated. Everywhere you > looked there was pure > gold: gold chains strung in front of the gold-plated Inner > Sanctuary-gold everywhere-walls, ceiling, floor, and Altar. Dazzling! > > 23-28 Then he made two cherubim, gigantic angel-like figures, from > olive-wood. Each was fifteen > feet tall. The outstretched wings of the cherubim (they > were identical in size and shape) measured another fifteen feet. He placed > the two cherubim, their > wings spread, in the Inner Sanctuary. The combined wingspread > stretched the width of the room, the wing of one cherub touched one wall, > the wing of the other the > other wall, and the wings touched in the middle. The > cherubim were gold-plated. > > 29-30 He then carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and flower > blossoms on all the walls of > both the Inner and the Main Sanctuary. And all the floors > of both inner and outer rooms were gold-plated. > > 31-32 He constructed doors of olivewood for the entrance to the Inner > Sanctuary; the lintel and > doorposts were five-sided. The doors were also carved with > cherubim, palm trees, and flowers, and then covered with gold leaf. > > 33-35 Similarly, he built the entrance to the Main Sanctuary using > olivewood for the doorposts but > these doorposts were four-sided. The doors were of cypress, > split into two panels, each panel swinging separately. These also were > carved with cherubim, palm > trees, and flowers, and plated with finely hammered gold > leaf. > > 36 He built the inner court with three courses of dressed stones topped > with a course of planed > cedar timbers. > > 37-38 The foundation for God's Temple was laid in the fourth year in the > month of Ziv. It was > completed in the eleventh year in the month of Bul (the eighth > month) down to the last detail, just as planned. It took Solomon seven > years to build it. > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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