Yahweh Appears to Solomon - 1 King 7-9

Solomon Builds His Own House

[2] And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. 

[1Ki 7:2 LSB]

11, 250 square feet

Hiram’s Work in the House of Yahweh

[16] He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. [1Ki 7:16 LSB]

[21] Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. 

[1Ki 7:21 LSB]

Jachin: he shall establish

Boaz: in it is strength

The Ark Brought into the House of Yahweh

[10] Now it happened that when the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the house of Yahweh, 

[11] so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh. 

[1Ki 8:10-11 LSB]

Solomon Blesses the People

[15] And he said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled [it] by His hand, saying, 

[16] 'Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel [in which] to build a house that My name might be there, but I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.' 

[1Ki 8:15-16 LSB]

Solomon’s Prayer for Israel

Solomon Blesses Yahweh

[56] "Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one promise has failed of all His good promises, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant. [57] "May Yahweh our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not forsake us or abandon us, 

[58] that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers. 

[1Ki 8:56-58 LSB]

The Offering for the House of Yahweh

Yahweh Appears to Solomon

[6] "But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments [and] My statutes which I have given before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 

[7] then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have set apart as holy for My name, I will cast out of My presence. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 

[8] "And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will [feel] desolate and hiss and say, 'Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?' 

[9] "And they will say, 'Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and took hold of other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore Yahweh has brought all this calamity on them.'" 

[1Ki 9:6-9 LSB]

Cities Given to Hiram

Solomon Builds Cities and Ships