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 everything down and set it back up each week, you're probably very excited for the Levites

that they don't have to do this for the tabernacle anymore. Even though they haven't had to move

the tabernacle for a while, it's nice that they don't have to show up for Loden at 4 a.m. ever again.

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