King Solomon builds the Temple - Old Testament

King Solomon Builds the Temple
from the Old Testament
Bible-16

(Story on the back of the card)

The great and wise King Solomon began to build a house to hold the ark on Mount Moriah. The servants of Solomon and Hiram, king of Tyre, worked together in the forests to cut down trees for the builidng. Afterward the timbers were brought to the sea, made into rafts and floated along the shore until they neared Jerusalem.

Great stones and timbers were made ready, and Solomon built the house according to the plans that David had given him. Each stone was shaped perfectly and made ready to go in the wall before it was brought to the place where the house was to stand, so that no noise of a hammer or any tool of iron was heard in the house all the time it was building.

Solomon covered the walls with cedar and the floors with pure gold. Two cherubim stood in the most holy place, facing the wall, with their wings stretching from one side of the room to the other. Two large pillars of brass adorned the front of the house. A great brass basin was brought in to hold water for the priests, ten candlesticks of gold for light and a table of gold for bread, basins and spoons. Doors were hinged with gold.

After seven years, Solomon called in all the elders and wise men of Israel to Jerusalem for the dedication. The priests carried the ark into the house and set it under the wings of the cherubim. King Solomon kneeled down and thanked the Lord for his help in building the house, which he dedicated to the Lord to serve as his temple where all people could come to pray and the Lord would hear them.

Stories included in this collection: Rebekah and Isaac, King Saul and David, the Prophet Isaiah, Elijah and Elisha, Psalms 1, Psalms 2, the Nativity - Birth of Jesus, the Three Wise Men - the Birth of Jesus, O Little Town of Bethlehem - the Birth of Jesus, the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, Rahab Hides the Spies, Samson and the Philistines, Jonah Cast into the Sea, Solomon Builds the Temple, Daniel in the Lion's Den, the Angel and the Shepherds, the Widow's Mite, Suffer the Children..., Adoration of the Shepherds, Abraham and isaac, Isaac's Blessing, Jacob's Dream, Noah's Ark, Angel and the Shepherds, Jesus in the Temple, Baby Jesus in the Temple, Moses Found in the River, Moses Out of Egypt, Moses and Joshua Descend from the Mount, the Walls of Jericho, the Call of Gideon, Jephthah's Vow, the Story of Samson and Delilah, David and Goliath, Joseph Sold into Slavery, Joseph and the Famine, Solomon's Wisdom, Elijah the Prophet, Naboth's Vineyard, the Curing of Naaman, Ruth and Naomi, the Mother of Samuel, Jesus Praying, Madonna and Child, Jesus and the Fishermen. Stories from both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.

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