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Solomon Dedicates the Temple

Name: Solomon Dedicates the Temple
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King Solomon stands upon a raised platform in the temple court, lifting his hand in solemn prayer as the gathered people of Israel look on. Around him are worshipers, attendants, a child with a censer, and a sacrificial ox, placing the moment within the covenant worship of ancient Israel. The grand stone architecture evokes the newly built house of the Lord in Jerusalem, where Solomon blessed the assembly and dedicated the temple to God’s name. The scene reflects the biblical account in which Solomon acknowledges that no earthly building can contain the Most High, yet asks that God hear the prayers offered toward this holy place. It is a strong visual subject for themes of dedication, consecration, intercession, worship, and Old Testament temple ministry.

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S. M. Davis

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Keywords	israel jerusalem temple king solomon prayer sacrifice temple dedication
Secondary Keywords	censer congregation consecration covenant intercession temple court worship
Tertiary Keywords	ancient Israel Dedication prayer house of the Lord old testament Solomonic temple Temple ministry
Scriptures	1 Kings 8:22-30 1 Kings 8:62-63 2 Chronicles 6:12-14 2 Chronicles 7:4-5 1 Kings 8 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, 23 and said, “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart, 24 who have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. 25 Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ 26 Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father. 27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! 28 Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day, 29 that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. 30 And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. 1 Kings 8 62 Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63 Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Solomon Dedicates the Temple

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