The Bible In Paintings: SOLOMON CONTINUES BUILDING GOD’S TEMPLE

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

1st KINGS
CHAPTERS 4-8

King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was a man of Tyre and a craftsman in bronze. Huram was highly skilled and experienced in all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.

He cast TWO BRONZE PILLARS, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits around. He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. And so the work on the pillars was completed.

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He made THE SEA of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.

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He also made TEN MOVABLE STANDS OF BRONZE and TEN BRONZE BASINS.

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He made a BRONZE ALTAR twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. [2nd Chronicles 4]

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Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the LORD’s temple:
THE GOLDEN ALTAR;

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THE GOLDEN TABLE on which was the bread of the Presence;

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THE LAMPSTANDS of pure gold….

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[Hebrews 11:6]

SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
SOLOMON BEGINS BUILDING GOD’S TEMPLE SOLOMON CONTINUES BUILDING GOD’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHES BUILDING GOD’S TEMPLE

[Squidpup]

Thanks - great stuff

[Hebrews 11:6]

Tomorrow we’ll dedicate it.

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan! :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

And to you, Mary-Lou!

[InkStone]

Good morning Dan, and hello to all!
Dan, I’ve done much study on bronze casting, and casting large bronze pieces is difficult, even today. I can’t imagine how they did such large pieces then (think of the Liberty Bell; how it cracked and it’s small compared to these). We really must admire such craftsmanship in metals, so long ago.
Very inspiring Dan, Thank you!!

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Thanks, Leon. Very good to know. Not surprising, I suppose, that along with ordering up these columns God provided the ability to create them.

[etabeta]

Enjoyed this today very much. Always interesting to see what humans were able to achieve in antiquity (sometimes with the help from God). Fascinating stuff.

[NorthMountain]

The ancients were just as smart as we are (same species, after all) and a lot more skilled at some things. Yes, the Liberty Bell cracked, but bell casting was a daily thing back then and most of them didn’t crack. Some are still in use today. What astonishes me is the sheer volume of metal work. That is a LOT of bronze and gold. The Hebrew kingdom of David and Solomon must have been fabulously wealthy almost beyond imagining.

[null and void]

And yet we control more power with the touch of a switch than a king of those days could imagine. We’re warmer in winter, cooler in summer, better clothed, better fed, and better sheltered, better transported (I drove 550 miles last weekend - inconceivable!).

Too bad we aren’t any wiser for all our wealth and access to a world’s worth of knowledge...

[Hebrews 11:6]

They had waited half a millennium since Mt. Sinai, so it was such a huge event for them.

But we have waited two full millennia now for Jesus' return, and I am READY.

[NorthMountain]

We're standing on their shoulders. Never forget that.

Too bad we aren’t any wiser

Indeed.

[null and void]

I never do. I want to leave better shoulders for our descendants.

[etabeta]

So do I.

[Hebrews 11:6]

MARANATHA, LORD JESUS!

[NorthMountain]

Yes.