1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: How do their faith listeners. Welcome to the Bible Explain 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Podcast on this lovely Monday morning, and thank you so 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: much for starting out your week with the Bible Explained Podcast. 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,159 Speaker 1: We're gonna be reading Second Chronicles two today and then 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: talking about the difference between Solomon and David, specifically when 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: it comes to their dedication to yahweh. We'll get into 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: that in just one moment. So how are you all, 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: especially with the fall weather coming up? What are some 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: fall activities that you enjoy doing. Something that I try 10 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: to do every fall is I try to make a 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: delicious pumpkin or apple pie. But this year I don't 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: know if I'm gonna make it because I've been gluten 13 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: free unfortunately for the past year, and I had my 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: pie crust recipe perfected. You know, it was a perfect 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: pie crust. Like even my husband was like, Wow, this 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: is a really good pie crust, and he's super picky. 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: So what am I gonna do? I don't know if 18 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: I can find a good gluten free pie crust recipe. 19 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess I can make the normal pie 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: and just let my husband have the whole thing. But 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: that is just so not fun, you know, I want 22 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: to be able to eat it too. It's just depressing to, 23 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: you know, let my husband eat the whole thing and 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: I'm just watching him. I mean, I do that already. 25 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 1: I do make him bread quite often, but I don't know. 26 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: There's something about the pie, like I don't want to 27 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: just give my husband a pie without me being able 28 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: to eat it. I know that's selfish, but I'm okay 29 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: with it. All right. Let's read Second Chronicles two one 30 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: through ten as usual. I'll be reading from the web 31 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: this morning, but feel free to grab the version of 32 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: the Bible that you prefer and pause the podcast to 33 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: go get your delicious cup of coffee or cup of 34 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: tea this morning, and tell me what type of tea 35 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: that you drink during the fall months. I'd like to 36 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: hear about that as well. All right, let's jump into 37 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: God's Where to Get once again. This is the Second 38 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: Chronicles two one through ten. Now, Solomon decided to build 39 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: a house for Yahweh's name and a house for his kingdom. 40 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty 41 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,399 Speaker 1: thousand men who are stonecutters in the mountains, and three 42 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: thousand six hundred to oversee them. Solomon sent to him, 43 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: the king of Tire, saying, as you dealt with David, 44 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: my father, and send him cedars to build him a 45 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: house in which to dwell. So deal with me. Behold, 46 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: I am about to build a house for the name 47 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: of Yahweh, my God, to dedicate it to him, to 48 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: burn before him incense of sweet spices for the continual 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening 50 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on 51 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: the set feasts of Yahweh are God. This is an 52 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: ordinance forever to Israel. The house which I am building 53 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. 54 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: But who is able to build him a house? Since 55 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him. Who 56 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: am I then, that I should build him a house, 57 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: except just to burn incense before him? Now, therefore, or 58 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, 59 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson and blue, 60 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: and who knows how to engrave engravings. To be with 61 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: the skillful men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, 62 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: whom David my father provided send me also cedar trees, 63 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon. For I 64 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, 65 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: my servants will be with your servants even to prepare 66 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: me timber in abundance, for the house which I am 67 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: about to build would be great and wonderful. Behold, I 68 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: will give to your servants the cutters who cut timber, 69 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: twenty thousand cores of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, 70 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. So, 71 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: now that Solomon has firmly been established as the king, 72 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: he decides he is now going to build God's House. 73 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: But it's really interesting about this. It actually took Solomon 74 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: approximately four years to get around to building God's House. 75 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: And I'm not actually sure why why it took that 76 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: long for Solomon to do it, but it took him 77 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: a while. But now is the time. It says Solomon 78 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: decided to build a house for y'away's name and a 79 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: house for his kingdom. So that means that Solomon was 80 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: going to build a house for himself and also a 81 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: house for God. Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to 82 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: bear burdens, eighty thousand men who are stonecutters in the mountains, 83 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: and three thousand to six hundred to oversee them. So 84 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: Solomon starts making all of these preparations, and he also 85 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: sends this a letter to him, the King of Tire, which, 86 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: by the way, Hiram, the King of Tire, is the 87 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 1: same guy as Hiram, King of Tire. But as usual, 88 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: people in the Old Testament often have two different variant 89 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: spellings of their names because there are multiple languages going 90 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: on at this time, and so there are variant spellings 91 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: of names. Just like, I guess if I were to 92 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: go to I don't know, Japan, they might call me like, 93 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: I don't know, what would my name be in Japanese? 94 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: All right? If I go to the Netherlands, they might 95 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: call me Jennifer, right, because the Jay it would be silent. 96 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: I guess, I don't know, Okay. Going back to what 97 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: I was saying, though, Solomon is deciding that he's going 98 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: to build this temple to God and also a palace 99 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: for himself, and he makes all these preparations and he 100 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: sends this a letter to Hiram, the king of Tire, 101 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: asking him to send even more lumber to Israel. And 102 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: I didn't catch this when we talked about it back 103 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: in First Kings. Why in the world did Solomon have 104 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: to ask for more lumber, Because now that we've gone 105 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: through all the preparations that David made for the temple, 106 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: there is no way that Solomon needed more lumber for 107 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: the temple to God. Let's go back and look at 108 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: all of the preparation that David did for the temple. 109 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: Let's go back to First Chronicles twenty two and start 110 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: in verse two. David gave orders to gather together foreigners 111 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: who were in the land of Israel, and he sent 112 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: masons to cut dressed stones to build God's house. David 113 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors 114 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: of the gate, and for the couplings, and bronze in 115 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: abundance without weight, and cedar trees without number for the Sedonians. 116 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: And the people of Tire brought cedar trees in abundance 117 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: to David. That means that David gathered so many cedar 118 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: trees that you couldn't count them. Jumping down to verse 119 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: fourteen of this same chapter. Missus David speaking to Solomon. 120 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: Now behold in my affliction. I have prepared for Yawey's 121 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents 122 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: of silver and bronze and iron without weight, for it 123 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone, 124 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: and you may add to them. There are also workmen 125 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, 126 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind 127 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: of work. Of the gold, the silver, the bronze, and 128 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: the iron. There is no number. Arise and be deal, 129 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: and may Yahweh be with you. So that's pretty clear 130 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: that David gathered eight literal tons of silver, gold, iron, bronze, stones, 131 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: timber so that God's house could be built like it 132 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: was without number. Is what scripture says a handful of times. Then, 133 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: going to First Chronicles twenty eight, we read this not 134 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: too long ago, but I'm going to go back through 135 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: it real quick. David went so far with these preparations 136 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: that he had everything measured out by weight. All right, 137 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: here's what First Chronicles twenty eight, starting in verse eleven, says, 138 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: Then David gave to Solomon his son, the plans for 139 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, 140 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: for its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and the place 141 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: of the mercy seat, and the plans of all that 142 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: he had by the spirit for the courts of Yahwei's 143 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: house the surrounding rooms. And then jumping down to verse fourteen, 144 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: of gold by weight for all the gold, vessels of 145 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: every kind of service, for all the vessels of silver 146 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: by weight, by weight for the lamp stands by weight, 147 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: for the tables of the show, bread, the forks, the basins, 148 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: the cups of pure gold, the golden bowls by weight 149 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: for every bowl, the altar of incense, plans for the chariot, 150 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: the cherubim that spread out and cover the arc of 151 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: Yahway's covenant. All this verse nineteen, David said, I have 152 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: been made to understand, in writing from Yaway's hand, even 153 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: all the works of this pattern. So David said to 154 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: Solomon his son, be strong and courageous and do it. 155 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: Don't be afraid, don't be dismayed, for Yahweh God, even 156 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: my God is with you. He will not fail you 157 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: nor forsake you. Until all the work for the service 158 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: of Yahway's house is finished, and then directly after this, 159 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: David gives Solomon all of the plans to build God's temple. 160 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: So that is pretty darn clear that I think Solomon 161 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: had enough trees just based upon David's preparation that he 162 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: didn't need to ask for any more. And I also 163 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: took the opportunity to look up how many trees are 164 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: needed to build a twenty seven hundred square foot home, 165 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: which I couldn't find like a precise number, obviously because 166 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: every home is different, but just for the framing alone, 167 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: it takes approximately forty to sixty trees for a twenty 168 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: seven hundred square foot house. Because twenty seven hundred square 169 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: foot that was about how big Solomon's temple was. It 170 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: was relatively small temple. The exact well, we don't know 171 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: if we have the exact dimensions, but the approximate dimensions 172 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: of the temple was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, 173 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 1: and forty five feet high, so it was kind of 174 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: a small temple. Now, granted, probably Solomon's temple for the 175 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: framing needed more wood than forty trees, just due to 176 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: the fact that the temple was taller than the average home. 177 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: But still, you know, if you think about it, if 178 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: there were cedar trees without number that David had provided 179 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: and the average home to frame, it takes about forty trees. 180 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: Just doing the math, I would imagine that Solomon had 181 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: enough trees to build the temple to God unless he 182 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: made it into like a log cabin overlaid with gold. 183 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. That might take thousands of trees at 184 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: that point. I don't know. I don't know. But my 185 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: whole point is that if there's trees without number that 186 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: David gathered, why is Solomon asking for more trees from Hiram, 187 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: the King of Tire. Because Solomon makes it seem like 188 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: he's using these trees for God's temple. At least that's 189 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 1: how I interpret this. Going back to Second Chronicles two 190 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: verse three, Solomon sent to Hiram, the King of Tire, saying, 191 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 1: as you dealt with David, my father, and sent him 192 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: cedars to build him a house in which to dwell. 193 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: So deal with me. Behold, I am about to build 194 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: a house for the name of Yahweh, my God, to 195 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of 196 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: sweet spices for the continual showbred and for the burnt 197 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, 198 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 1: and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This 199 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: is an ordinance forever to Israel. So I always read 200 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 1: that and took it to mean that Solomon was asking 201 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: for more trees for God's temple. But that's probably not 202 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: what he was doing. I think I missed the fact 203 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: that Solomon was probably asking for trees for his own palace, 204 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: because he kind of says that right in verse three, 205 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: as you dealt with David, my father and sent him 206 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, 207 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: So deal with me. So Solomon is not asking for 208 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: more trees for God's house. He's asking for trees for himself, 209 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: which isn't a bad thing, you know, It's not bad 210 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: for Solomon to need trees to build his own house, like, 211 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: there's nothing wrong with that. But it just seems that 212 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:56,599 Speaker 1: Solomon is very different from David with his dedication to Yahweh, 213 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: because if you look back in first Chronicle seventeen, you 214 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: know Avid felt guilty that he was living in a 215 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: beautiful cedar house without the temple of God being built. 216 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: But Solomon did not have that same concern. Now, granted, 217 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: I might be judging Solomon's motives a little bit here, 218 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: but I feel like that is another giveaway of how 219 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: Solomon just did not have a perfect heart toward God. 220 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: And in fact, if you keep reading in this letter 221 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: that Solomon sends to Hiram, here's what he says in 222 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: verse five, the house which I am building will be great, 223 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: for our God is greater than all gods. Now, there's 224 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: nothing specifically wrong with that verse, right, Obviously, Yahweh is 225 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: above every other God. He is supreme. He is the 226 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: only God. And there are other verses that say something 227 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: similar to what Solomon said in this letter, for example, 228 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,199 Speaker 1: for Chronicles sixteen, twenty five and twenty six. For great 229 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: is the Lord and most worthy of praise. He is 230 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: to be feared above all gods. For all the gods 231 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 232 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: And there are other verses similar to this one as well. 233 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: So what Solomon said was not wrong. God is above 234 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: every other god, and that is stated repeatedly in scripture. However, 235 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: it is clear by Solomon's behavior, especially later on in 236 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: his life, that he did believe in other gods. He 237 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: just thought that Yahweh was the best one, and so 238 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: he'd worship Yahweh before the other ones. But he did 239 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: actually believe that other gods had validity, and he worshiped 240 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: them as well. Here's what first Kings eleven one through 241 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: eight says. Now. King Solomon loved many foreign women, together 242 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sedonians, 243 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: and Hittites, of the nations, concerning which he always said 244 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 1: to the children of Israel, you shall not go among them, 245 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 1: neither shall they come to you, for surely they will 246 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon joined to 247 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: these in love. He had seven hundred wives, princesses and 248 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away. When 249 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after 250 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: other gods, and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh 251 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: his god. For Solomon went after Asterith, the goddess of 252 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: the Sedonians, and after Milkom, the abomination of the Ammonites. 253 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: Solomon did that which was evil in Yahweh. Sitan didn't 254 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: go fully after Yahweh as David, his father did, then 255 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: Solomon built a high place for Kemish, the abomination of Moab, 256 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molik, 257 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: the abomination of the children of Amen. So he did 258 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: for all of his foreign wives who burned incense and 259 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: sacrificed to their gods. So that right there shows that 260 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: Solomon believed that some of these other gods had validity, 261 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: that maybe he should worship them as well as Yahweh. 262 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: This was thing that the Israelites often did, and God 263 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: would just get so angry because he's like, I am 264 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: your God. These other gods that you're worshiping are literally 265 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: man made structures. It can't hear, it can't think, it 266 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: can't walk, it can't move, it can't do anything for you. 267 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: Don't worship that thing. And not to mention, the Old 268 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: Testament law also says that these gods that the people 269 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: were really worshiping were actually demonic in nature, and worshiping 270 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: demons is bad for the soul. So that's why God 271 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: would get so angry at his people, because He's like, 272 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm right here, like I'm living among you, and you 273 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: constantly fall away. You constantly worship all of these other gods. 274 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: Don't do it. So it seems that Solomon believed that yes, 275 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: Yahweh was supreme, but that these other gods did in 276 00:15:54,640 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: fact have validity of some sort. Back to our passage 277 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: for today, Second Chronicles two, verse six, Solomon continues in 278 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: his letter, who is able to build Yahweh house? Since 279 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? Who 280 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: am I then that I should build him a house, 281 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: except just to burn incense before him? Now, therefore, send 282 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: me a skillful man to work in gold, silver and 283 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: in bronze, in iron and purple, crimson and blue, who 284 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: knows how to engrave engravings. To be with the skillful men, 285 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: and who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom 286 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: David my father provided. Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, 287 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: and algum trees out of Lebanon. For I know that 288 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, 289 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: my servants will be with your servants even to prepare 290 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: me timber in abundance, for the house which I'm about 291 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: to build will be great and wonderful. Behold, I will 292 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: give to your servants the cutters who cut timber, twenty 293 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: thousand cores of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, 294 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 295 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: Now a bath was a tenth of a core or 296 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: about five point six US gallons or twenty one lids, 297 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: So twenty thousand baths of barley, for example, would weigh 298 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: about two hundred and sixty two metric tons. So Solomon 299 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: obviously was not expecting these men to work for free. 300 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: He's like, I will compensate you and your men. I'm 301 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,959 Speaker 1: going to give them all this food, all this wine, 302 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: this barley, this wheat, and all this oil as well. 303 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: So we will see how Hiram responds to this letter 304 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, so make sure to tune in then, but 305 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: also tune in tomorrow because we will be in the 306 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: Book of First Thessalonians for the last time, so you 307 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: won't want to miss it. But faithful listeners, if you 308 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: like this podcast episode, please share it on your social 309 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: media platforms and tell people that the Bible Explained podcast exists, 310 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: and also rate the podcast five stars or give it 311 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: a nice little review as well. I haven't read a 312 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: review in a while, so I will read one today. 313 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: This review is from Autumn and Emma from Apple Podcasts. 314 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: They say, I absolutely love this podcast. Jen has a 315 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: clear and easy way of breaking down the Bible and 316 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: helping me truly understand it. Each episode is short but powerful, 317 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: and I always walk away learning something new that sticks 318 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: with me throughout the day. She explains scripture in a 319 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: way that feels simple and approachable without ever losing depth. 320 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: Listening to this podcast has helped me grow in my faith, 321 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: understand God's word better, and even spark some really meaningful 322 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: conversations with my daughter, Emma. She is ten, and we 323 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: both look forward to every episode. Thank you so much, 324 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,239 Speaker 1: Autumn and Emma for that very very nice review. Now, 325 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: the one thing I do have to say is that 326 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: it says that each episode is short but powerful. I'm 327 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: gonna guess that Autumn and Emma are listening to my 328 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: old podcast episodes right now, because those are about five 329 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: to ten minutes long, and then in like season three, 330 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: they got to about fifteen minutes, and then they kind 331 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: of moved up to twenty minutes. Now, regularly my podcast 332 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: episodes hit like thirty to forty minutes, and so I 333 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: always joke, you know, we're a third of the way 334 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: through the Bible. By the time we get to the 335 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 1: Book of Revelation, you're gonna be listening to like two 336 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,239 Speaker 1: hour long podcasts of me just like monologuing about the 337 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: end time's prophecies. Oh yeah, Well, hopefully I don't do 338 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I might. I'm not gonna lie. 339 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: I might actually do that because of how interesting the 340 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: Book of Revelation is gonna be. All right, faith for listeners, 341 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: I hope that you all have a fantastic rest of 342 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: your day. I will see you guys tomorrow six am 343 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: or whenever you choose to wake up and listen. Until then, 344 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: happy listening, and God bless you all.