The Second Time Around

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments, and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.-1 Kings 9:1-9***Levi was the 3rd son born to Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and  Judah was Jacob and Leah's 4th born son. Benjamin was the 2nd and last son born to Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel. Canaan, the Promised Land, was the land inhabited by idolaters that the Lord God promised to give to Jacob, and to Jacob's father Isaac, and to Isaac's father Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to their descendants. Gibeon was a city in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin and given to the Levites. The Levites were Israelites from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of the priests and their assistants. The transportable tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was located in Gibeon. Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, was the 1st king to rule over the Israelites in the Promised Land. David, from the tribe of Judah, was the 2nd king to rule over all of the Israelites. Before 70-year-old David died, he identified Solomon as the next king. Solomon was the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba. In a dream, the Lord God appeared to Solomon and told Solomon to make a request. Solomon asked the Lord God to give him an understanding heart, wisdom and knowledge. The Lord God was pleased with Solomon's request and also gave Solomon unparalleled riches and honor and the possibility of a long life. In Jerusalem, after the temple of the Lord and the royal palace were built, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was placed in the Most Holy Place within the temple, Solomon gathered the Israelites. Solomon and the Israelites sacrificed a multitude of offerings to the Lord God, and Solomon publicly prayed to the Lord God. Shortly thereafter, the Lord God appeared to Solomon again. Over 900 years after Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, became the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30,32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 18:1-28, 21:1-45, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-14:31, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-12:16, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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