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1 Kings 5 · Grade 5

Preparing a Place for God's Name

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Solomon's great work began with a friendship. Hiram of Tyre had loved David and now sent servants to honor the new king. Solomon's reply explains why the temple waited. David's life had been full of war, but God had now given rest on every side. Solomon saw this peace as the time to keep God's word to David: Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.

Solomon asked for cedar from Lebanon and skilled Sidonian woodcutters, offering to pay the wages they asked. Hiram blessed the Lord and agreed. His men would bring cedar and cypress down to the sea, float the logs in rafts, and break them up where Solomon chose. Each year Solomon sent large amounts of wheat and pure oil to feed Hiram's household.

The chapter stresses that God kept His promise of wisdom to Solomon, and there was peace between the two kings. Solomon raised workers from all Israel, sending them in shifts to Lebanon. Others carried loads and quarried stone in the hills. Great, costly stones were cut for the foundation, because a house for God deserved the best. In the New Testament, Paul says that believers are built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit (Ephesians 2:22).

Show What You Know

  1. Why did the temple have to wait?

  2. What did Hiram's men do with the logs?

  3. What did Solomon send Hiram each year?

  4. Why were costly stones cut for the foundation?

Crossword

52143

Across

  1. To lay the foundation of the ____ with worked stone.
  2. And prepared the timber and the stones to ____ the house.

Down

  1. For a month they were in ____.
  2. I will do all your desire concerning timber of ____.
  3. Solomon gave this to ____ year by year.

Think About It

  1. Solomon gave God the best materials. What is one way you can give God your best this week?

  2. Paul says believers are built together as God's dwelling. How can you help build up your church family?

Memory Verse

“Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.”

1 Kings 5:12 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for places to worship You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it mean that God gave rest on every side?
  • How can you encourage someone at church this week?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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