Day 32 ~ Order, structure, schedules

• Chapter 22 - Although David didn't build the temple, he gathered all the needed materials.
• Perhaps David planted the idea of asking for wisdom and understanding in Solomon (22:12)
• 23:5 - musical instruments " 'which I made' said David, 'for giving praise' " - what does this mean? Did David actually make the instruments?
• 23:31 - mention of feasts and festivals, but not specifically passover. I'm looking for evidence that a passover was held after the one described in Joshua 5 when the Israelites first came in to the promised land.
• 25:1 - how do you prophesy with a harp?
• 25:8 - when given shifts for work of the musicians of the temple "the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student" - I like the idea of them working together.
• In the assignments of the leaders of tribes in 27:18 "over Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers". Why isn't this brother listed in 2:23-24?
• 28:12 - apparently the plans for the temple were give to David by the Holy Spirit. 28:19 - “All this,” said David, “the LORD made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans.”
• 28:20 - we've seen this many times, and it bears worth repeating, this time the charge by David to Solomon: "Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God—my God—will be with you."
• 29:2 - marble for the temple - I don't remember marble from before.
• 29:9 "Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly"
• 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You.
• How do you sacrifice 1000 of three different types of animals in one day? Aren't they limited to the one altar at the tabernacle? (29:21)
• "Now the acts of King David, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer" 29:29 - where are these books - Nathan, Gad? We have Samuel, it's been made into two books.

1 Chronicles done. It was basically from beginning through David. My guess is that 2 Chronicles will be Solomon through the captivity of Israel and Judah. 13 books down, 53 to go.

• Chapter 1 - Why is the tabernacle in Gibeon? It was in Jerusalem in the last chapter of 1 Chronicles. Wonder why and how it got to Gibeon. Did Solomon take it there as a memorial gesture?
• 1:16 - the kingdom was so rich in Solomon's day that they didn't even try to pay discount - just pay the full price!
• Chapter 2 - Solomon asks Hiram, king of Tyre, to send him the supplies and skilled workers needed for the temple building project. I would think he should have asked God to send him the workers he needed.
• Chapter 3 - additional detailed description of the temple construction and decor. Gold from Parvaim this time, not Ophir. Did they use up all the gold that David had accumulated from Ophir?
• The cheribum in the holy of holies face inward (they have 10 cubit wingspans which touch the walls on each side of the room and the other cheribum's wing in the middle). Trying to picture that is like they would be looking to their sides, not forward.
• What is the significance of the names of the pillars outside the temple: Jachin and Boaz? Jachin shows up as a son of Simeon, and Boaz was David's great-grandfather. What is the significance of pomegranates?
• Chapter 4 - what are the great sea and the lavers used for? 4:6 - "He also made ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in". That was easy.
• Chapter 5 - the temple is complete. God enters his glory and inhabits his new home with much sacrificing and fanfare.
• Chapter 6 - it seems like a humble act for the great king Solomon to kneel before the nation and offer this great prayer of dedication to God. The prayer reminds me of another choir song.
• 6:36-39 is more real than Solomon imagines - if your people are carried off to captivity and turn from their wicked ways, hear their prayer and forgive them. Will the captives in Assyria and Babylon turn from their wicked ways and be returned? Let's get on with the repeats and get to some new history!