Builders of the House of God January 7, 2008
Posted by rennie in OT#14 - 2 Chronicles.trackback
“Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself. He conscripted seventy thousand men as carriers and eighty thousand as stonecutters in the hills and thirty-six hundred as foremen over them.” [2 Chro 2:1-2 NIV]
“Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. He assigned 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.” [2 Chro 2:17-18 NIV]
There are probably 3 (or 4) famous “House of God” in the OT, namely, Moses’ Tabernacle, Solomon’s Temple and Zerubbabel’s Temple (David’s Tent). The Tabernacle was built by the Israelites, Zerubbabel’s Temple was primarily built by the returning Jews, but interestingly, Solomon’s Temple appeared to have been primarily built by the aliens in Israel. All can contribute to the building of the house of God!
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