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Week 23, Day 4 — 2 Samuel 9-10, 1 Chronicles 18-19

Jeremy Paschall
06/02/24 - Podcast

And now, a minute with the Word…

Throughout history, men have erected monuments to their military endeavors — e.g. Indiana’s own Soldiers & Sailors Monument, and Paris’ Arc de Triomphe. While not its primary purpose, there is a sense in which the Lord’s temple, constructed during Solomon’s reign over Israel, stood as a monument to “the LORD [who] gave victory to David wherever he went” (2 Samuel 8.6, 14; 1 Chronicles 18.6, 13). As enemies were conquered, the spoils of war and tribute of subjects were “dedicated…to the LORD” (1 Chronicles 18.11), subsequently used in the construction of the temple and its furnishings (1 Chronicles 18.8; cf. 22.1-19; 29.1-9), and “the glory of the LORD filled the house of God” (2 Chronicle 5.14; cf. 7.1-3).