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The starting date for the project of building the Temple is anchored in a reference to the Exodus:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the 480th year after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv \u2014 that is, the second month \u2014 in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, Solomon built the house to God.\u201d (6:1)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The standard protocol in the book of Kings calls for a significant event to be listed in reference to the years of the king’s reign. Why is a reference to the Exodus suitable or at all relevant? It is notable that the Exodus is a constant presence throughout these chapters, repeatedly mentioned in the ceremonial dedication of the Temple (see 8:9, 16, 21, 51, 53, and 65). What is the nature of the linkage between the Exodus and the Temple?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the length of time since the Exodus, the Temple is viewed as the culmination and completion of a long journey that commenced with the nation’s leaving Egypt. In Israel’s jubilant song at the Reed Sea, we read of the Jewish people’s destination, the land of Canaan:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You will bring them and plant them in Your holy mountain, A place for You to dwell (<\/span>makhon leshivtekha<\/span><\/em>), O Lord! The Temple, O Lord, which Your hands established. The Lord will reign forever and ever. (Ex. 15:17-18)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These lines reveal a national master plan \u2014 the entry to the land will culminate in the establishment of the Temple. Indeed, the phrase<\/span> makhon leshivtekha<\/span><\/em>, “a place for You to dwell,” alongside the designation of “forever,” is repeated by Solomon four times in his inaugural prayer at the Temple:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have built You a stately house, a place for You to dwell forever. (I Kings 8:13)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the building of the Temple, Israel has indeed reached the “holy mountain.” The Temple constitutes a watershed in Jewish history. If the Exodus is the birth of the nation, its formative period, then the building of the Temple reflects a point at which Israel is robust and independent, having reached a mature state of adulthood. It is possible that the number 480 (the number of years since the Exodus) \u2014 forty years multiplied by twelve (the tribes of Israel) \u2014 expresses the perfection of national accomplishment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Israel, 1 Kings: Torn in Two<\/em>, Maggid Books, 2013, The Temple: A New Era\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":61437,"id":61437,"title":"alex israel - kings 1","filename":"alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/adonijahs-scheme-to-ascend-the-throne\/alex-israel-kings-1\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"alex-israel-kings-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":61414,"date":"2019-08-19 12:13:44","modified":"2019-08-19 12:13:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1020,"height":1304,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-235x300.jpg","medium-width":235,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-768x982.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":982,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-801x1024.jpg","large-width":801,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1020,"1536x1536-height":1304,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1020,"2048x2048-height":1304,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-939x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":939,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-329x420.jpg","home_baner-width":329,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Excerpts from: 1 Kings - 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