Lord's Day - International KJV Sunday School Lesson

January 19

Lesson 8 (KJV)

Solomon Seeks God’s Blessing

Devotional Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1–6

Background Scripture: 1 Kings 8:22–53; 2 Chronicles 6:12–42

1 Kings 8:22–30, 52, 53

22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on [the] earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou [promised] him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou [promised] him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have [built]?

28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee [today]:

29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

Key Verse

Hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.—1 Kings 8:30

Honoring God

Unit 2: Dedicating the Temple of God

Lessons 6–9

Lesson Aims

After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:

1. Identify two fulfilled promises of the Lord.

2. Relate the key verse to leading ideas in the lesson text.

3. Suggest ways in which Solomon’s prayer provides models for the Christian’s prayers.

Lesson Outline

Introduction

A. Gateway to the West

B. Lesson Context

I. God in Israel (1 Kings 8:22–26)

A. Past Faithfulness (vv. 22–24)

Faithful Year After Year

B. Future Faithfulness (vv. 25, 26)

II. God in Heaven (1 Kings 8:27–30)

A. Praise of Sovereignty (v. 27)

B. Prayer for Attention (vv. 28–30)

God Answers Prayer

III. God in All the Earth (1 Kings 8:52, 53)

A. Summary of Requests (v. 52)

B. Reason for Requests (v. 53)

Conclusion

A. Access in Christ’s Name

B. Prayer

C. Thought to Remember

HOW TO SAY IT

Deuteronomy	Due-ter-ahn-uh-me.
Egypt	Ee-jipt.
exilic	eg-zil-ik.
Leviticus	Leh-vit-ih-kus.
Moses	Mo-zes or Mo-zez.
Shema (Hebrew)	She-muh.
Solomon	Sol-o-mun.