Bible study · 1 Kings 5:1-18
1 Kings 5: A house for the name
Read 1 Kings 5:1-18 before you meet.
In a few lines
Solomon's first step toward the LORD's house quotes the promise to David: "shall build the house for my name" (5:5), the Hebrew of "He will build a house for my name" (2 Samuel 7:13) with the for a. And when he says there is "no enemy" (5:4), the Hebrew word is satan, the word 1 Kings uses only three more times, for the adversaries God raises up against Solomon in chapter 11.
The verse to carry
“Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’”
1 Kings 5:5
To talk about
1. Hiram sent his servants to David's son, and the chapter says, "Hiram had always loved David" (5:1). Who has been kind to you because they loved someone who came before you, and how could you pass that on?
2. Solomon said, "now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side" (5:4), and set out to do what his father could not (5:3-5). What room has God given you in this season, and what might he want you to build with it?
3. The house took a levy of thirty thousand men (5:13), and later the people said, "Your father made our yoke difficult" (12:4). How can you keep something good you do for God from becoming a heavy load on others?