Solomon begins building the temple: The temple is rather small for the temples of the time period Solomon doesn't want the temple to be corrupted by anything, even tools Was Solomon following the command of Deut. 27:5 where God says not to use any iron tools on His altars? God tells Solomon that the temple is not what He requires to have a relationship with His people   A breakdown and graph of the temple: https://www.2belikechrist.com/articles/1-kings-6-summary-in-5-minutes   Hey! Don't leave before looking at other P40 stuff:   YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnh-aqfg8rw Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/p40ministries  Website - https://www.p40ministries.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p40ministries  Contact - [email protected]  Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-6493869  Books - https://www.amazon.com/Jenn-Kokal/e/B095JCRNHY/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk  Merch - https://www.p40ministries.com/shop  YouVersion - https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/38267-out-of-the-mire-trusting-god-in-the-middle    Support babies and get quality coffee with Seven Weeks Coffee  https://sevenweekscoffee.com/?ref=P40   This ministry is only made possible due to your generous support https://ko-fi.com/p40ministries