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 is 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 of when God gave all the instructions for the tabernacle, except this is permanent.

If you've ever lived somewhere temporarily, you probably didn't spend as much time

decorating it or redoing the cabinets, but you probably take more time and give more

attention to something when you expect it to be permanent. Also, if you've ever been a part of a mobile church where you have to tear

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