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Pentecost Season · Proper 16 · Year B

1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

August 22, 2027

Solomon Dedicating the Temple outside Jerusalem, Philips Koninck
Solomon Dedicating the Temple outside Jerusalem, Philips Koninck, c. 1664Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University
Koninck, better known for wide Dutch panoramas, sets the dedication under an enormous sky with the crowd spread out below it.Even the heaven of heavens cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built: Solomon's prayer is about scale, and so is the painting.Philips KoninckA Dutch painter of enormous flat panoramas under enormous skies, who ran a ferry business on the side.Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's UniversityA Canadian university gallery in Kingston, Ontario, with a notable group of Dutch and Flemish paintings.Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:56-69Jn 6:56-69
EpistleEph. 6:10-20Eph 6:10-20
Old Testament1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-431 Kgs 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43Alt. OTJosh. 24:1-2a, 14-18Jos 24:1-2a, 14-18
PsalterPs. 84Ps 84Alt. PsalmPs. 34:15-22Ps 34:15-22

Overview & Insights

"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!" (1 Kings 8:27)

The ark is brought into the newly built temple and the glory of the Lord fills the house; Solomon then prays at the dedication, asking that God hear the prayers offered toward this place, including those of the foreigner.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on 1 Kings 8:1, 6, 10-11, 22-30, 41-43Working Preacher: Commentary on 1 Kgs 8:1, 6, 10-11, 22-30, 41-43 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the temple dedication for the complementary track.

Enduring Word: 1 Kings 8Enduring Word: 1 Kgs 8 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on Solomon's dedication and prayer.

Precept Austin: 1 Kings 8 CommentaryPrecept Austin: 1 Kgs 8 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed study gathering many commentators on the dedication of the temple.

BibleHub: Commentaries on 1 Kings 8:1BibleHub: Commentaries on 1 Kgs 8:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to bringing up the ark to the temple.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: 1-2 Kings OverviewBibleProject: 1-2 Kgs Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the story and themes of 1 and 2 Kings.

Sefaria: I Kings 8 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: 1 Kings 8 InterlinearBibleHub: 1 Kgs 8 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: 1 Kings 8Catena: 1 Kgs 8 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on 1 Kings 8.

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