Last week in the narrative we moved into the era of “kingship” in Israel, where Samuel reluctantly appointed Saul as Israel’s first king. In our story we were coming to the end of Saul’s reign as he had fallen out of favor with God and the people, and Saul anoints the famous David as next king. This week we take a big leap through all of David’s reign, which starts out strong but when it’s all said and done, as “great” David was, his reign was… well… complicated. This week we move to the next king, David’s son with Bathsheba (like I said, “complicated”), the old Solomon. Although he’s not so old at this point. I hope you can join us as we look into Solomon and the meaning and themes around the building of the first Temple for Israel. -Pastor Paul
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