Today, I am reading and commenting on  1 Kings 7.

Just as with the detailed descriptions of the design and furnishings of the Tabernacle, I am not sure what to make of these detailed descriptions of Solomon’s palace and the furnishings he had made for the Temple.  On the one hand, there is the description that King Solomon spent 7 years building the Temple and 14 years building his palace.  Does this represent the idea of putting a higher priority on his palace? Or is it just the result of in fact building 2 palaces. one for himself and one for his wife who was pharaoh’s daughter?  Of course, the fact that he married pharaoh’s daughter is problematic, since all of the evidence is that she never came to worship the Lord.  On the other hand there is the detailed description of the great expense and effort to which King Solomon went to furnish the Temple with furnishings which would honor the Lord.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.