Today is the ninth day of June.

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Welcome back.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

It's great to be here with you.

As we gather in and settle in around the global campfire together,

it's good that we showed up.

Good that you showed up. Good that you showed up.

Well done for showing up for yourself

and for the rest of us in community

as we gather to take a new step,

the next step,

forward on the journey that we are on.

And we have moved our way into first kings,

and we are now kind of tracking along with King Solomon, who is now firmly in control of the kingdom, and has gained quite a reputation already and he wants to build

a temple today first kings chapters five and six Chapters 5 and 6 King Hiram of Tyre had always been friends with Solomon's father David.

When Hiram learned that Solomon was king, he sent some of his officials to meet with Solomon.

Solomon sent a message back to Hiram.

Remember how my father David wanted to build a temple where the Lord his God could be worshipped?

But enemies kept attacking my father's kingdom and he never had the chance.

Now, thanks to the Lord God,

there is peace in my kingdom and no trouble or threat of war anywhere. The Lord God promised my father that when his son became king, he would build a temple for worshiping the Lord, so I've decided to do that.

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