Summary of 1 Kings chapter 2 ~ 7

(2:3) And keep the charge of the LORD your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and whenever you turn;

 

In chapter 2, David commanded Solomon to become a leader when he was about to die, and said that he would prosper whatever he did if he obeyed the commands of the Lord God and kept what was written in the Mosaic Law. He said that if you do it truthfully, you will not be cut off from those who will rise above the king. He also told him not to forget what Joab had done to Abner, the general of Israel, and Amaziah, the general of Judah, so that his gray hair would not go down to Sheol in peace. He also showed favor to the sons of Barzillae, cursed David with vicious words, and asked David not to regard Shimei, who received forgiveness from him, as an innocent person.

 

(3:6) And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

 

In chapter 3, Solomon and Pharaoh married his daughter, took him to the city of David, and waited for the completion of the work of the temple of Jehovah and the city around Jerusalem. The king went to the great high place of Gibeon for a sacrifice, and he offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar. At night the Lord appeared in Solomon's dream and asked what to give.The Lord's people were in great numbers and could not count, so they gave a heart to listen and asked to discern good and evil. . He said that the Lord would not seek to destroy the lives of his enemies or wealth, but to seek wisdom to discern, so that he would give him a wise and intelligent heart and prolong the day. When Solomon woke up, it was a dream. Accordingly, a great feast was held in Jerusalem.

 

(4:24) For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him.

 

In chapter 4, King Solomon became king of Israel, and Zadok's son Asaria was a priest, Elihoreb and Ahijah were scribes, Jehoshaphat was a military officer, Benaiah was a priest, Asaria was the head of the local government, and the son of Sabud was the king's friend, and Ahisar was the chief of the court. , Adoniram became a labor inspector. Solomon appointed twelve rulers in all of Israel to provide food for the king and the royal family. Benhur, Bengebel, Ahinadab, Ahimaaz, Baana, Jehoshaphat, Shimei, and Geber became district governors. Solomon ruled and received tribute from the river to the land of the Philistines and to the land of Egypt.

 

(5:7) So it was, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, for He has given David a wise son over this great people!

 

In chapter 5, when Hiram king of Tire heard that Solomon was anointed and became king on behalf of his father, he sent his servants to Solomon, and he loved David all his life. So Solomon sent a man to Hiram and asked that the Lord God would now give peace to all sides, so that he would cut down the cedar trees by order of Hiram because he wanted to build a temple for the Lord because there were no enemies and no plagues. So Hiram was greatly pleased with Solomon's words, and gave him cedar and pine wood according to his wishes, and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand choices of wheat and twenty choices of pure oil to Hiram as food for his court every year. Adoniram became the director in this matter.

 

(6:12)"Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My word with you, which I spoke to your father David.

 

In Chapter 6, the children of Israel came out of Egypt for four hundred and eighty years, and in the fourth year after Solomon became king of Israel, Solomon built a temple for the Lord, sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, thirty cubits high, and a colonnade in front of the sanctuary. Its length was twenty cubits, and its width was ten cubits from the front of the temple. Built-in windows were made for the temple, and attics were built by connecting the walls of the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, and the stone at the time of the temple construction was trimmed at the floating place, and the sound of bats or iron tools was not heard in the temple, and the attic was built while returning to the entire temple. . Cedar planks were used to overlaid the inner walls of the temple, from floor to ceiling. They also made an inner chamber for the ark of the covenant.

 

(7:14) He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tire, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in his working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all work.

 

In Chapter 7, Solomon built and completed his palace for thirteen years. The royal palace was built out of Lebanese wood, with a length of 100 cubits, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars, and forty and five beams behind the pillars covered with cedar, fifteen in one row I did. The window frames were made of three rows, the doors and the doorposts were all made of large wooden squares, and columns were erected to build a column, fifty long and thirty cubits wide. The throne corridor was built, the floor was covered with cedar, and a courtyard for Solomon was built in the back. From the cornerstone to the eaves, they were made of precious and large stones, and Solomon brought Hiram from Tire.