1 Kings 7:1-8:21 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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The Ark Brought Into the Temple
Questions for Study 6

1 Kings 7:1-8:21
Memory Verse: 8:10

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I. Two Palaces and a Hall of Justice (7:1-12)

1. Which took longer to built, the temple or Solomon's palace? (1; 6:38) Draw a proportional sketch of his palace as described in verses 2-6. Consider his priorities and then where you spend your time? (Matt. 6:33-34; Luke 9:57-58)

2. Why would he need a Hall of Justice? (7; Exodus 18:26; 2 Sam. 15:2) How are Christians to decide things? (Acts 14:23; and 1 Cor. 6:1-4)

3. Who did he build a second palace for? (8) How does Solomon having a walled in courtyard differ from his father? (9-12)

II. The Temple's Furnishings (7:13-51)

4. Who did Solomon hire? (13-14) What might be the purpose of the decorated pillars? (15-22) Of the Sea? (23-26) Of the stands? (27-37) Of the basins and shovels and sprinkling bowls? (38-47)

5. What other things did he make? (48-50) Compare them to the furnishings of the tabernacle. (Ex. 27:1-8, 20-21, 30:1-6, 17-21) What else was put in the temple? (51)

III. The Glory of the Lord Filled the Temple (8:1-21)

6. For what event were all the elders of Israel required to attend? (1) When was it? (2; Lev. 23:23-27, 33-34)

7. Who carried the ark and the tabernacle and why them? (3-5; Num. 4:15; and 1 Chron. 15:15; and 2 Sam. 6:6-7) Where did they place the ark? (6-8) What was the significance of the two stone tablets? (9; Deut. 5:22)

8. What happened when the priests left the Holy Place? (10-13) When had the Lord revealed himself like this before? (Exodus 19:16-19, 40:34-38, Lev. 9:23-24, Num. 9:15-16, 11:1, 20:6) When was the last recorded time the Israelites had saw glory of the Lord before the temple's dedication? (1 Sam. 4:22)

9. What are the main points of Solomon's blessing? (14-21)

10. What event does this event foreshadow? (Matt. 26:64)