Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

When we left off in David's storyline, he was helping Solomon prepare to build the temple

in Jerusalem, and today he continues preparing Solomon to be his successor.

First, he makes Solomon King.

This only gets one sentence in today's reading, then we move on to the more important stuff,

God's House.

Maybe it seems like more attention should be paid to this transition of kingship, and

don't worry, we'll cover that more over the next few days.

But the reason the chronicler doesn't give it more time here, it's probably because

it is truly secondary to the temple.

It's hard for us to grasp this today, since we are now the dwelling place of God, but

if we lived back then, it would be difficult to overestimate how important the temple will

be.

It is absolutely central to their relationship with God.

So while a relationship between a king and his people will always be temporary, a relationship

between God and his people is forever.

Since this is such a big deal, David offers his expert advice and connections to help

Solomon prepare for this massive upgrade that God's dwelling place is about to undergo,

from Tabernacle, which was a tent, to temple, which is a building.

David is really thorough in all these details, which goes to show not only that David is

a planner, but that the temple is a big deal.

It reminds me if when God gave all the instructions for the Tabernacle, except this is permanent.

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