1. When do we first read of Hiram in the Scriptures? 2. What message did Solomon send to Hiram? 3. What was Hiram’s response to Solomon? 4. What did Solomon give to Hiram? 5. For what purpose did Solomon raise a levy [work force] of thirty thousand men? 6. How many years after Israel came out of Egypt did they begin to build the temple for God? 7. What condition was made by God for Him to dwell among the children of Israel? 8. Using I Kings 6:19 and your knowledge concerning the placement of the Ark of the Covenant, what would you conclude the “oracle” to be? 9. What description was given of the cherubims placed inside the oracle? 10. How long did it take to build the “house” of the Lord? 11. How long did Solomon take in building his own house? 12. Who was responsible for the pillars of brass, four brasen wheels of the cherubims, ten lavers of brass, etc. within the temple? 13. Who made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, the table of gold whereupon the shewbread was, and the candlesticks of pure gold? 14. As all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was done, what did he bring in? 15. What events took place to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion? 16. What do you find missing in the Ark of the Covenant? 17. What prevented the priests from standing to minister in the temple? 18. As Solomon speaks before the congregation of Israel, what does he state to show that God fulfills His promises? 19. Was Solomon under the impression that the temple he built could contain God? 20. Did Solomon ask God to hear his prayers, those of Israel, and the prayers of strangers? 21. What are some things Solomon pointed out to Israel after he ended his prayer to God? 22. What did God say to Solomon as he appeared to him when Solomon finished his house and the Lord’s house? 23. Was Hiram pleased with the twenty cities Solomon gave him? 24. Did Solomon prepare an army and navy? 25. Did the queen of Sheba have her questions about Solomon answered? 26. What did Solomon give to the queen of Sheba? 27. In what ways did king Solomon exceedall the kings of the earth? 28. How did Solomon have such great wisdom and who was interested in his wisdo |
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