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Bible study · 1 Kings 6:1-38

1 Kings 6: The LORD's house

Read 1 Kings 6:1-38 before you meet.

In a few lines

In the middle of the building the LORD speaks, between two lines that each say Solomon "built the house and finished it" (6:9, 6:14). His promise, "I will dwell among the children of Israel" (6:13), is word for word, in the WEB and in Hebrew, what he said of the Tent of Meeting (Exodus 29:45), and it comes with an if (6:12).

The verse to carry

“I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”

1 Kings 6:13

To talk about

  1. 1. In the middle of the building, the LORD spoke to Solomon about how he walked, not about the house (6:11-12). What are you building right now, and what might God say to you about how you are walking while you build it?

  2. 2. "I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel" (6:13). When have you most needed to hear "I will not forsake"?

  3. 3. The house took seven years (6:38), and much of the work, like the stone prepared at the quarry (6:7), was done away from the house itself. What slow or unseen work in your life do you hope God is in?

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