Solomon and the Temple

Stop 1 of 8

Gibeon — "a listening heart"

A thousand burnt offerings at the high place, and by night God’s question: "Ask what you wish". He asks neither long life, nor riches, nor the life of his enemies: he asks to know how to govern.

Readings for this stop

• 1 Kings 3, 4-15

1. 1Gibeon — "a listening heart"
2. 2Tyre — the cedars of Hiram
3. 3Lebanon — thirty thousand woodcutters
4. 4Mount Moriah — the foundations
5. 5Jerusalem — the dedication
6. 6Ezion-geber — the Red Sea fleet
7. 7Ophir — the gold that returns
8. 8Sheba — the queen who came to see