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Extra Credit Question at the bottom

So the pinnacle of Solomon’s reign was the Temple.  However, after the 7-year construction of the Temple, Solomon decided to build his Palace which was so massive it took 13 years.  We already saw the offerings and donations that funded the Temple.  Now, who is going to pay for the Palace??  Hmmmm.  This might become an issue.  Money always is.  In the meantime, let’s compare the two.

 

Here is a great visual so that you can see size difference between the Temple and the Palace. 😭

 

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Extra Credit Question:  One of the pictures has a compass rose on it.

1. What direction was the entrance of the Temple?
2. Why did it face that direction? (Two possible good answers here: 1 from our discussions the other from the video yesterday)

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For those not in a first-time read-through: Extra extra credit– how is the funding of the palace going to bite the Hebrews in the butt?  (Very theological wording 😂😂)