Summary of 1 Kings chapter 8 ~ 13

(8:12~13) Then Solomon spoke: "The LORD said He would dwell in the dark cloud. I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever."

 

In chapter 8, Solomon wanted to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord to Zion, the city of David, but he called the elders and chiefs of Israel to him. Then the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark and went up, and Solomon and the Israelite congregation offered sheep and oxen, and carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD to his place. The cherubim spread their wings over the ark and covered the ark and its poles, and the ends of the ark were visible from the sanctuary in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from the outside. When the priest came out of the temple, a cloud filled the temple of the Lord, and the priest was unable to serve because of the cloud, and Solomon blessed the whole congregation, stretched out his hand for heaven, and sought to keep the Lord's covenant for David.

 

(9:3) And the LORD said to him: "I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

 

In chapter 9, when Solomon finished building the temple and kingdom of the Lord, the Lord appeared to Solomon again at Gibeon, and the Lord sanctified the temple that Solomon had built to him, and the eyes and heart of the Lord were always there. He said that if you make your heart perfect and obey all kinds of things, like the works of God, those who will rise above the king of Israel will not be cut off by him. On the other hand, he said that if his descendants do not follow the Lord and obey the commandments and laws, he will cut off Israel from the earth and Israel will become a proverb among all nations. Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee after completing the construction of the temple and royal palace of the Lord in twenty years.

 

(10:9) Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteosness."

 

In chapter 10, when the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she brought spices and a great deal of gold and precious stones on her donkey to test him with a difficult problem, but Solomon answered all that and did not know anything. When Queen Sheba saw Solomon's palace and the seats of her servants, she was greatly moved and blessed the Lord God. In addition, Hiram, who had brought gold from Orville, brought sandalwood and jewels with many ships, and the king made the railings of the temple and palace of the Lord with sandalwood, and made harps and loquats. The weight of Solomon's income was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold and six hundred shekels of gold in each shield.

 

(11:38) Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

 

In chapter 11, King Solomon loved many women besides Pharaoh's daughter, and had seven hundred concubines, and three hundred concubines, and the women turned his heart to follow other gods. Solomon built a high place for Chemosh and Moloch, and turned his heart away from the God of Israel, so God was angry with him and said that he would take the kingdom and give it to his servants. He also raised Hadad to become an enemy of Solomon, and also raised Reson to become an enemy of Solomon, and he went to Damascus and became king. Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat raised his hand against the king, and he was a great warrior and oversaw the affairs of the Joseph family, but he met Ahijah the prophet on the road, and when he heard that he would become king of the ten tribes, he fled to Egypt.

 

(12:4)"Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."

 

In chapter 12, Solomon's son Rehoboam went to Shechem, for Israel to make him king. Jeroboam escaped from Solomon and fled to Egypt, but a crowd sent to call him. Jeroboam and the whole Israelite congregation asked Rehoboam to lighten the heavy yoke that Solomon had put on, but Rehoboam ignored the opinions of the old men in Solomon's life and discussed with the younger people. He said it would make it heavier. So Israel asked what they had with David, and each went back to his tent. Jeroboam became king of Israel.

 

(13:6) Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me."

 

In chapter 13, according to the word of the Lord, a man of God who came from Judah to Bethel from Judah and named Josiah who came out of the house of David to burn incense will sacrifice a high place priest on his altar, and the ashes on it will be poured out. did. So when King Jeroboam reached out his hand and cried out to take him, his hand was dry and could not be reaped, and the man of God asked God for favor, and the king's hand was raised again. The Lord told the man of God not to eat bread or drink water, but to go back to the way he had come, but when he heard the false prophecy of an old prophet living in Bethel, he ate and drank in the house, and the Lord struck him, and he was bitten by a lion.