Berean Bible Church

How God Sees People

Lesson XIII

Solomon  III – The Builder

February 25, 2007

 

I..The Background - before Solomon became King

            2 Samuel 3:2-5  Six sons were born to David at Hebron

            2 Samuel 5:13-16  David had more sons and daughters at Jerusalem

            Solomon was the tenth son.  If five is the number of grace, ten is double grace

Bathsheba – the wife of Uriah the Hittite ( 2 Samuel 11:3) was mother of Nathan and Solomon.

Luke 3:31  Bathsheba, through Nathan, was in the genealogy of Jesus.  What mercy ,love and grace!  It was David who had sinned against Bathsheba.

 

II  The Beginning – of Solomon’s Reign

 

The Lord was with him.  The Lord loved Him.  Solomon loved the Lord.  Solomon’s speech pleased the Lord.  The Lord gave Solomon the gift of wisdom.

The Lord gave Solomon many talents.  The Lord gave him a peaceful reign

Everything seemed right and good.

 

III  The Building by Solomon

 

            1 1 Kings 6:1  began to build the Temple 480 years after the Exodus.

            This appears to be a mistake:

                        Acts 13:18  Israel was  40 years in the wilderness

                        Acts 13:20  Israel was 450 years under Judges

                        Acts 13:21  Israel was  40 years under King Saul

                        1 Kings 2:11  Israel was 40 years under King David

                        1 Kings 6:1   Solomon      3 years,

                                    Total  573 years.  93 years are not counted in 1 Kings 6:1. Why?

            Isaiah 43:25  blotted out thy transgressions

            Isaiah 44:22  I have blotted out thy transgressions.

Micah  7:19  thou wilt (will) cast all their sins into the depths of the sea

Isaiah 1:18  your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.

If God could do that for Israel, will He do less for us who believe?

Judges 3:8  8 years in bondage. 3:14- 18 years, 4:3- 20 years, 6:1-07- years,

13:1 - 40 years, for a total of 93 years that were blotted out!

See Hebrews 11:29-30  What is left out?

 

2        2 Chronicles 3:1  Mount Moriah is where the temple was built

2 Samuel 24:18-25  The Scripture reading told about David’s altar there

Genesis 22:2  the place where Abraham took his son as an offering

This is the place that the brazen altar was place in the Temple

Luke 23:33  when they were come to the place called Calvary