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

Today we finished our 12th book of the Bible. Congratulations. Today David continues making

preparations for the first temple to be built, and even though this is

God's house, and David's doing the planning, it's commonly referred to as Solomon's temple,

since he's the one who actually built it.

We start out with the gatekeepers. This is an incredibly important role.

They are Jerusalem's first line of defense against attack, so these men need to be agile and

vigilant. There are lots of gates in the city all around the walls, so there need to be lots of gatekeepers

as well. And if you recall, scripture regards east as the direction of holiness, so not only would the

temple itself face east, but the gate of highest honor and the one that

requires the most guards is the eastern gate. It's also known as the king's gate. And scripture

tells us this is the gate Jesus will return through when he comes back to earth at his second

coming. And you may recall that it's the gate the local Muslims have currently sealed off with

concrete, and they've built a

cemetery in front of it in order to prevent the Jewish Messiah from coming through. I don't expect

that to stand a chance against him. David also sets up treasurers for the temple. They aren't just in

charge of money. They're in charge of any gifts dedicated to God or even the spoils of war.

I'm so curious what kind of spoils they got.

I bet if you had this role, it would be really tempting to bring your friends in after hours and be

like, hey, you want to see the crown we got from the Ammonite king? And over here are the crescent

ornaments Gideon took from the Midianites. That's probably against the rules.

David has his own treasurers too, as well as his own gardeners and farmers and vinekeepers and shepherds,

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