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. They can sleep in. Now all they have to worry about is showbread and offerings and incense and

daily worship and sacrifices and feasts. Okay, it's still a lot. So David sets up 24 divisions of

priests to handle all these things. And at first, he starts out with the minimum age requirement

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