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I Kings 9: Whistling past/present/future the Graveyard
Chapter 9 is God’s response to Shlomo’s prayer during the dedication ceremony. The structure is similar to the tochacha/rebuke and blessings and curses in Vayikra and Devarim. God begins by accepting Shlomo’s prayer and promising that the Temple will endure if the people follow God. However, if they begin worshiping idols, then the Temple will be destroyed. “And as for this House, (it will be) (it once was) exalted, everyone passing by it shall be appalled and shall whistle. And when they ask, ‘Why did the LORD do thus to the land and to this House?’” (וְהַבַּיִת הַזֶּה יִהְיֶה עֶלְיוֹן…
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