# Solomon Builds the Temple of the Lord - The Book of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 15 Nov 2023, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 88. Join Solomon in the exciting adventure of building a special place for God, a magnificent temple filled with precious things. As Solomon and his friends work together, they create a beautiful home for God, and when it's finished, they celebrate because they know God is now with them in a very special way. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: 1 Kings 8, 23 and 24. Dear God, we want
[0:29] Speaker 1: to see your glory. Thanks for teaching us more about
[0:32] Speaker 1: this word today and what it means to give you
[0:36] Speaker 1: all the glory. You really are so big, beautiful, and amazing.
[0:42] Speaker 1: We praise you today for the love, power, and goodness
[0:45] Speaker 1: to us. We're in awe of you. In Jesus' name
[0:49] Speaker 1: I pray.
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[1:26] Speaker 2: Solomon builds the temple of the Lord. In our last story,
[1:32] Speaker 2: Solomon asked the Lord to give him wisdom to rule
[1:36] Speaker 2: his people, and the Lord was pleased to do so.
[1:40] Speaker 2: In this story, Solomon sets out to build a temple
[1:44] Speaker 2: for the Lord, inspired by 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles.
[1:53] Speaker 1: Hey everyone, it's Julia Sadler here. In 20 years.
[2:24] Speaker 2: Solomon built a palace for himself and a temple for God.
[2:29] Speaker 2: The temple was the most important thing Solomon constructed. God
[2:33] Speaker 2: had told Solomon's father, David, that David would have a
[2:37] Speaker 2: son who would be king and that his son would
[2:40] Speaker 2: build the temple. Solomon was king and he was David's son.
[2:45] Speaker 2: Now God was fulfilling his promise to David and Solomon
[2:49] Speaker 2: was fulfilling God's desires. When Solomon first announced he was
[2:54] Speaker 2: building the temple, he told Hiram, the king of Tyre.
[2:58] Speaker 2: King Hiram was a friend of Solomon's father, and Hiram
[3:02] Speaker 2: had helped David build his palace. Solomon decided to build
[3:06] Speaker 2: the temple because his kingdom had no enemies, and they
[3:10] Speaker 2: were in a time of peace. Solomon asked King Hiram
[3:14] Speaker 2: to send over materials and people to help build the temple.
[3:18] Speaker 2: King Hiram was greatly pleased to hear that Solomon was
[3:21] Speaker 2: building a temple for God, and he sent Solomon the
[3:24] Speaker 2: supplies and people to help. Between the Israelites and the
[3:28] Speaker 2: people Hiram sent to help, there were hundreds of thousands
[3:32] Speaker 2: of people contributing to build the temple. Solomon began to
[3:36] Speaker 2: build the temple during the fourth year of his reign.
[3:40] Speaker 2: The temple was built at other sites, and when the
[3:42] Speaker 2: pieces were completed, they were brought to the temple site. Then,
[3:47] Speaker 2: The pieces would be put together. When the temple was completed,
[3:51] Speaker 2: it was magnificent. No stones could be seen inside the
[3:56] Speaker 2: temple because it was covered entirely with cedar wood. The
[4:00] Speaker 2: most important part of the temple was the place called
[4:04] Speaker 2: the Most Holy Place, and inside was entirely covered in gold.
[4:10] Speaker 2: Solomon had so many riches and gold as a king
[4:14] Speaker 2: that even the tools needed and other pieces inside of
[4:17] Speaker 2: the temple were pure gold. Once the temple was completed,
[4:21] Speaker 2: King Solomon summoned all the elders, chiefs, priests, and leaders
[4:26] Speaker 2: from all the tribes of Israel. The last piece Solomon
[4:31] Speaker 2: needed for the new temple was the Ark of God.
[4:35] Speaker 2: While the priests carried up the Ark of God, King
[4:38] Speaker 2: Solomon and the other people sacrificed so much that they
[4:42] Speaker 2: lost count. The Ark of God was placed in the
[4:46] Speaker 2: most holy place, a room covered in pure gold. When
[4:51] Speaker 2: the priests left the most holy place, a great cloud
[4:55] Speaker 2: filled the temple of the Lord. The cloud was God's glory.
[5:00] Speaker 2: His glory was so mighty that the priests could not
[5:04] Speaker 2: perform their duties. After Solomon saw God's glory fill the
[5:08] Speaker 2: temple like a cloud, he blessed the assembly of Israel
[5:13] Speaker 2: and declared to them.
[5:14] Speaker 4: Praise God! He has fulfilled his promise to my father
[5:18] Speaker 4: David by giving me the throne and allowing us to
[5:22] Speaker 4: construct the temple. Praise God!
[5:26] Speaker 2: There was an altar, and at the altar Solomon spread
[5:30] Speaker 2: out his hands to heaven.
[5:32] Speaker 4: Solomon declared a prayer.
[5:33] Speaker 2: Of dedication to God and said, There is no one
[5:38] Speaker 2: like you, God.
[5:39] Speaker 4: You fulfilled your promise. Nothing can contain you, God.
[5:44] Speaker 5: God hears our prayers. Forgive us when we do wrong.
[5:49] Speaker 5: And when we turn away from our sin, teach us
[5:53] Speaker 5: the right way.
[5:54] Speaker 2: When Solomon finished his prayer of dedication, he turned back
[5:58] Speaker 2: to the assembly of Israel and praised God again. For
[6:02] Speaker 2: two weeks, Israel had a festival. And when they finally
[6:06] Speaker 2: went home, they were so joyful. The people were glad
[6:12] Speaker 2: about what God had done for David, Solomon, and Israel.
[6:16] Speaker 2: It took Solomon seven years to complete the temple and
[6:20] Speaker 2: thirteen years after the temple to build his palace. God
[6:24] Speaker 2: appeared to Solomon again and reminded Solomon, As long as.
[6:29] Speaker 5: You follow me, your kingdom will stand. But if you
[6:34] Speaker 5: disobey me, your kingdom will fall.
[6:38] Speaker 2: After that, Solomon continued to rule as the richest and wisest.
[6:43] Speaker 5: King to ever live. Amazing!
[6:53] Speaker 1: What a great day for Israel. But how did they
[6:56] Speaker 1: get here? Remember when David wanted to build God a temple?
[7:01] Speaker 1: A place where his presence would be and his people
[7:04] Speaker 1: could worship him? God told David that it wasn't time yet.
[7:08] Speaker 1: but that David's son would actually be the one to
[7:12] Speaker 1: build the temple. And that time was now. Israel was
[7:16] Speaker 1: in a place of peace with no fighting or enemies
[7:20] Speaker 1: trying to destroy them. And God, like he always does,
[7:25] Speaker 1: kept his promise to David. We heard today how hundreds
[7:29] Speaker 1: of thousands of people brought supplies and helped build the temple.
[7:34] Speaker 1: And when it was finished... It was quite a sight
[7:38] Speaker 1: to see. You could even say it was spectacular to
[7:42] Speaker 1: look at. But the most important part of the temple
[7:46] Speaker 1: was what we call the most holy place or the
[7:50] Speaker 1: holy of holies. It was in that little room where
[7:54] Speaker 1: God's glory would live. Glory. That's a word we hear
[7:59] Speaker 1: a lot. But do we know what it really means?
[8:03] Speaker 1: The Bible says that when God's glory filled the temple
[8:07] Speaker 1: as a great cloud, it was so powerful that the
[8:12] Speaker 1: priests couldn't even do their jobs. It's like everyone froze
[8:17] Speaker 1: in awe and amazement. The word glory actually means worthy
[8:23] Speaker 1: of praise. It feels big, beautiful, and just amazing to see.
[8:30] Speaker 1: It's something that captures your attention and makes you feel
[8:34] Speaker 1: wonderful inside. Now God's glory, that's a whole other story.
[8:40] Speaker 1: God's glory is so big and awesome that it's hard
[8:44] Speaker 1: to describe in words. His glory is really his character,
[8:49] Speaker 1: who he is, and his incredible love that can sometimes
[8:54] Speaker 1: overwhelm us. But the fullness of God's glory is something
[8:59] Speaker 1: you won't experience until you get to heaven one day.
[9:03] Speaker 1: And when you do, you won't believe how amazing it is.
[9:09] Speaker 1: When Solomon blessed the people and dedicated the temple to
[9:12] Speaker 1: the Lord, he was sure to remind everyone of God's glory.
[9:17] Speaker 1: He reminded the people that this was not about the
[9:20] Speaker 1: king or the people or David or anyone else, but
[9:25] Speaker 1: God alone. Even though Solomon was the one who organized
[9:30] Speaker 1: and built the temple with lots of help, he knew
[9:34] Speaker 1: that God deserved all the glory. That's something we should
[9:38] Speaker 1: never forget. Sometimes in life, it's easy to want glory
[9:43] Speaker 1: for yourself. If you score the winning goal, receive loud
[9:48] Speaker 1: applause for your solo, or get a super great report card,
[9:53] Speaker 1: it's easy to think it's all because of you. But
[9:57] Speaker 1: in those times, remember King Solomon. He was the wisest
[10:02] Speaker 1: and the richest king of all time. Yet he stopped
[10:07] Speaker 1: to tell everyone that it was nothing he had done.
[10:11] Speaker 1: It was all because of God. As today's story ends,
[10:16] Speaker 1: I just love the picture of Solomon spreading his hands
[10:19] Speaker 1: to heaven at the altar and saying with great passion,
[10:25] Speaker 1: There is no one like you, God. Can you just
[10:29] Speaker 1: see it? And after all that excitement, no wonder Israel
[10:34] Speaker 1: wanted to have a party for two whole weeks. They
[10:38] Speaker 1: were so joyful and grateful to God for keeping his promise.
[10:43] Speaker 1: When we focus on God and the fact that he
[10:45] Speaker 1: is right here with us, we find joy. Solomon then
[10:50] Speaker 1: built his palace and God once again whispered a very
[10:54] Speaker 1: important reminder to the king. As long as you follow me,
[10:59] Speaker 1: your kingdom will stand. Thanks for listening today. Don't miss
[11:04] Speaker 1: next time to hear what's happening when Solomon gets a
[11:08] Speaker 1: little too popular. and steps out of God's big, giant umbrella.
[11:14] Speaker 1: You'll see what I mean. And don't forget, the Bible
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