Today's passage focuses on the building of Solomon's palace as well as the furnishings for the temple.
It mentions that it took 7 years to build the temple and 13 years to build the palace. This does not necessarily mean that Solomon wanted his palace to be better than the temple. We need to keep in mind that there had been extensive preparations for the temple by King David, and none for the palace. As well, there was some urgency in the building of the temple - trying to get it done as quickly as they could. Again, this was not the case with the palace.I think it shows that Solomon's priorities were in the right place by building the temple first.
Solomon constructs all the details of the temple as per God's instructions. There are numerous cases in the Bible where people failed to follow all God's instructions and paid the price for their incomplete obedience, which is the same as disobedience. Things were done the way God wanted it done.
I think that's something that's really important for us to remember about how we live our lives today. It doesn't matter if we think that something is the right thing to do. Our standard of right and wrong needs to come from God's word. Anything short of that is simply unreliable, unstable guess work.
Tomorrow's passage: 1 Kings 8:1-11, 2 Chronicles 5:1-14, 1 Kings 8:12-21, 2 Chronicles 6:1-11, 1 Kings 8:22-53, 2 Chronicles 6:12-42. For less flipping read 1 Kings 8:1-53 and 2 Chronicles 5-6
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