Invocation
P In
the name of the Father and of the T Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
Reading
1 Kings 5:1—7:51
1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard
that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram
always loved David. 2And Solomon sent word to Hiram, 3“You
know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the
Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded
him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4But
now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither
adversary nor misfortune. 5And so I intend to build a
house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my
father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place,
shall build the house for my name.’ 6Now therefore
command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will
join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages
as you set, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how
to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
7As
soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and
said, “Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given to David a wise
son to be over this great people.” 8And Hiram sent to
Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message that you have sent to
me. I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and
cypress timber. 9My servants shall bring it down to the
sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the
place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall
receive it. And you shall meet my wishes by providing food for my
household.” 10So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the
timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, 11while
Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household,
and 20,000 cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by
year. 12And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised
him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of
them made a treaty.
13King
Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft
numbered 30,000 men. 14And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000
a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at
home. Adoniram was in charge of the draft. 15Solomon also
had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill
country, 16besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief officers who
were over the work, who had charge of the people who carried on the
work. 17At the king’s command they quarried out great,
costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with
dressed stones. 18So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s
builders and the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber
and the stone to build the house.
1In
the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came
out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign
over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began
to build the house of the Lord. 2The house that King
Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide,
and thirty cubits high. 3The vestibule in front of the
nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the
house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. 4And he
made for the house windows with recessed frames. 5He also
built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the
walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he
made side chambers all around. 6The lowest story was five
cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was
seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made
offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be
inserted into the walls of the house.
7When
the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so
that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the
house while it was being built.
8The
entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and
one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story
to the third. 9So he built the house and finished it, and
he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. 10He
built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it
was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
11Now
the word of the Lord came to Solomon, 12“Concerning this
house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey
my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will
establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. 13And
I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my
people Israel.”
14So
Solomon built the house and finished it. 15He lined the
walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor
of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the
inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards
of cypress. 16He built twenty cubits of the rear of the
house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built
this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place. 17The
house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty
cubits long. 18The cedar within the house was carved in
the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was
seen. 19The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost
part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty
cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure
gold. He also overlaid an altar of cedar. 21And Solomon
overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains
of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with
gold. 22And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until
all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the
inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
23In
the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten
cubits high. 24Five cubits was the length of one wing of
the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the
cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the
other. 25The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both
cherubim had the same measure and the same form. 26The
height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other
cherub. 27He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the
house. And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing
of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched
the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of
the house. 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29Around
all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and
palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. 30The
floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer
rooms.
31For
the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the
lintel and the doorposts were five-sided. 32He covered the
two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and
open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the
cherubim and on the palm trees.
33So
also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in
the form of a square, 34and two doors of cypress wood. The
two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the
other door were folding. 35On them he carved cherubim and
palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly
applied on the carved work. 36He built the inner court
with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
37In
the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in
the month of Ziv. 38And in the eleventh year, in the month
of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its
parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in
building it.
1Solomon
was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire
house.
2He
built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred
cubits and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and
it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the
pillars. 3And it was covered with cedar above the chambers
that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. 4There
were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three
tiers. 5All the doorways and windows had square frames,
and window was opposite window in three tiers.
6And
he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its
breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a
canopy in front of them.
7And
he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment,
even the Hall of Judgment. It was finished with cedar from floor to
rafters.
8His
own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall,
was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for
Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken in marriage.
9All
these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed
with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping,
and from the outside to the great court. 10The foundation
was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
11And above were costly stones, cut according to
measurement, and cedar. 12The great court had three
courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had
the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the
house.
13And
King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. 14He was
the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man
of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom,
understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to
King Solomon and did all his work.
15He
cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one
pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It
was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was
the same. 16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to
set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was
five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
17There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of
chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice for
the one capital and a lattice for the other capital. 18Likewise
he made pomegranates in two rows around the one latticework to cover
the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same
with the other capital. 19Now the capitals that were on
the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four
cubits. 20The capitals were on the two pillars and also
above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There
were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the
other capital. 21He set up the pillars at the vestibule of
the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name
Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name
Boaz. 22And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus
the work of the pillars was finished.
23Then
he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to
brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its
circumference. 24Under its brim were gourds, for ten
cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows,
cast with it when it was cast. 25It stood on twelve oxen,
three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three
facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were
inward. 26Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim
was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held
two thousand baths.
27He
also made the ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long,
four cubits wide, and three cubits high. 28This was the
construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set
in the frames, 29and on the panels that were set in the
frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and
below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work.
30Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of
bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The
supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each. 31Its
opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its
opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At
its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not
round. 32And the four wheels were underneath the panels.
The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the
height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33The wheels
were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their
spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34There were four
supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one
piece with the stands. 35And on the top of the stand there
was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its
stays and its panels were of one piece with it. 36And on
the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim,
lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths
all around. 37After this manner he made the ten stands.
All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
38And
he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin
measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten
stands. 39And he set the stands, five on the south side of
the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the
sea at the southeast corner of the house.
40Hiram
also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished
all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord:
41the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were
on the tops of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two
bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; 42and
the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of
pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the
capitals that were on the pillars; 43the ten stands, and
the ten basins on the stands; 44and the one sea, and the
twelve oxen underneath the sea.
45Now
the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house
of the Lord, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished
bronze. 46In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them,
in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. 47And
Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of
them; the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
48So
Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the
golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence, 49the
lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the
north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the
tongs, of gold; 50the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for
incense, and fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for
the doors of the innermost part of the house, the Most Holy Place,
and for the doors of the nave of the temple.
51Thus
all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was
finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had
dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in
the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
Collect
Merciful
God, You have promised to those whose names are written in the Lamb's
Book of Life that they will dwell in the New Jerusalem, where the
temple is the Lamb whose lamp lights the world. Prepare us to enter
this heavenly city at the Supper You prepared for us here of the very
body and blood of the Lamb, even as we participate now in the
marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end; through
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
847
Christ, Our Human Likeness Sharing
LSB 847
1 Christ,
our human likeness sharing,
Heaven’s love on earth
portrayed;
Christ the Shepherd, tending, caring,
In His
death our ransom paid:
Christ the Savior, Christ the Servant,
Be Your life in us displayed.
2 Hear
the word that Christ has spoken,
Help the weak, the hungry
feed;
See the pow’rs of darkness broken,
Sinners
pardoned, captives freed:
Christ the Savior, Christ the Servant,
Help us meet our neighbor’s need.
3 Christ,
in ev’ry congregation
Build Your temple, stone by
stone,
With Your word as firm foundation
For a faith
matured and grown:
Christ the Savior, Christ the Servant,
Make in us Your Gospel known.
4 Come,
O living Christ, renew us,
As of old in wind and flame;
With
the Spirit’s pow’r endue us,
Servants of Your saving
name:
Christ the Savior, Christ the Servant,
Christ whose
kingdom we proclaim.
©
2003 Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET,
no. 100011178.
Apostles'
Creed
C I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker
of heaven and earth.
And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born
of the virgin Mary,
suffered
under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died and was buried.
He
descended into hell.
The
third day He rose again from the dead.
He
ascended into heaven
and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the
holy Christian Church,
the
communion of saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the
resurrection of the body,
and
the life T everlasting.
Amen.
Lord's
Prayer
C Our
Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy
kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and
lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.
Benediction
(Aaronic)
P The
Lord bless you and keep you.
The
Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The
Lord look upon you with favor and T give
you peace.
C Amen.
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