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King David has good intentions in his desire to build a House for God; how can he, a human king, live in a palace while the Ark is in a tent? God, however, has different plans and instructs Nathan, the prophet, to go to David and tell him that it is his son Solomon who will build the Temple. It would have been easy for David to be frustrated and angry \u2013 after all, building the Temple would have been the fulfillment of his dream, and an everlasting physical reminder of David\u2019s greatness. Yet, after hearing Nathan\u2019s words, the text presents us with twelve verses of David\u2019s gratitude speech, with not a single line of complaint or apparent sadness for the \u201cno\u201d he had received from God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Every one of us encounters moments of frustration and anger in life: times in which our projects are rejected, our plans are foiled, our dreams are shattered. At those times, it is very easy (and human) to focus on what has been lost, on what went wrong. It is also easy (and human) to search for someone or something we can blame for the apparent failure, whether it is circumstances, people, or God. David offers us a different model \u2013 when faced with disappointment, instead of focusing on what we do not have, on what we have not achieved, one should look back at all our successes, on what we have been able to build so far, on the many accomplishments which have brought us to where we are today and be thankful for all of it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our life\u2019s journey is made of ups and downs, of moments of movement and moments of inactivity, of successes and failures, of right and wrong choices, just as David\u2019s life was. Every step of the journey is responsible for bringing us to where we are today. Shattered dreams, as much as realized dreams, make us who we are. Pain, as much as comfort, builds understanding and resilience. It is only when we look back and see a full picture of our lives that we can see how those difficult moments helped us become stronger and better people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Modern research in the field of Positive Psychology shows that gratitude leads to improved health, happiness, and stronger personal relationships. Thousands of years earlier, King David knew it intuitively. Let us learn from David to be grateful for our blessings not only when all is going well, but most importantly, when difficult times knock on our door.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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This chapter of I Chronicles reiterates what was first related in II Samuel 7, for which I<\/span> previously wrote<\/span><\/a> about David\u2019s own understanding of why he was denied the privilege of building the Temple.\u00a0 In that passage, and in passages yet to come in I Chronicles, David asserts his belief that he is not eligible to build the Temple because of the blood on his hands, resulting from his military activity. But in both the Book of Samuel and here again in Chronicles, God makes no mention of that being the reason for the denial of David\u2019s wish.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Within His response to David, God emphasizes that he never asked the question. \u201cWhy have you not built me a house (17:6)?\u201d Then God proceeds to remind David of his rise to greatness and promise that He will \u201cgive you renown like that of the greatest men on earth (17:9)\u201d. No, says God, you will not build Me a house, \u201cI will establish a home for My people Israel (17:10)\u201d.\u00a0 Nowhere in God\u2019s reply to David\u2019s question is there a hint of the denial being in any way connected to some shortfall of David.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim, in<\/span> his essay<\/span><\/a> on messora.org, posits one possible explanation for David connecting the blood on his hands to his not building the Temple. Perhaps, writes Rabbi Ben Chaim, it has more to do with David\u2019s recognition of his own reputation as an esteemed leader than with any blood on his hands. Historical figures of that stature get monuments built in testament of their achievements. Could David have understood God\u2019s reference in 17:9 to his renown as a cautionary note that the Temple cannot be seen as a monument to David\u2019s military success rather than its true purpose as a focus of religious expression? Perhaps, being a great but humble leader, rather than referring to his own status, David simply paraphrased God\u2019s message in the self-deprecating terms of the blood on his hands.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Though that may explain the reason that David\u2019s son, not David himself, is appointed to build the Temple, there is still the outstanding question of why God turns the request to build Him a house to the promise that He will build the nation a home. The original Tabernacle was built not because the Jewish people decided to erect it, but because God commanded them to do so and provided explicit, detailed instructions for its construction. So, it is not for the people, even one as great as King David, to decide that the Tabernacle should be replaced by a bigger and better structure. To do so would result in a mere \u201cbuilding\u201d. 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This chapter reprises 2 Samuel 7 verse for verse with, as usual, several outstanding variations that, once again, illuminate the editorial bias of the Chronicler.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1 Chronicles 17:1<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When <\/span>David<\/span> settled in his palace,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n
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David<\/span> said to the prophet Nathan,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHere I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while <\/span>the Ark of the Covenant of the L<\/span>ORD<\/span> is under tent-cloths.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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2 Samuel 7:1-2<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When <\/span>the king<\/span> was settled in his palace<\/span><\/p>\r\n

and the L<\/span>ORD<\/span> had granted him safety from all the enemies around him,<\/span><\/p>\r\n


\r\n<\/span>the king<\/span> said to the prophet Nathan:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cHere I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while <\/span>the Ark of the L<\/span>ORD<\/span> abides in a tent!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

There are variations of both omission and commission. The substitution of \u201cDavid\u201d for \u201cthe king\u201d and of \u201cthe Ark of the Covenant\u201d for \u201cthe Ark\u201d may be matters of style or substance (see <\/span>our comments to Chapter 11<\/span><\/a>). However, the Chronicler\u2019s omission of the phrase \u201cand the L<\/span>ORD<\/span> had granted him safety from all the enemies around him\u201d is a deliberate attempt at rewriting history.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Arguably, the omission was conditioned by the reality that the land and people of Israel at the outset of the Second Temple period were demonstrably unsafe and at the mercies of the enemies surrounding them, with whose ongoing opposition to the rebuilding they had to contend\u2014as we have seen in Ezra-Nehemiah. An equally telling alteration occurs in the continuation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1 Chronicles 17:13<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I will be a father to him [Solomon], and he shall be a son to Me,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

but I will never withdraw My favor from him as I withdrew it from your predecessor.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I will install him in My house and in My kingship forever, and <\/span>his throne<\/span> shall be established forever.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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2 Samuel 7:14<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to Me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When he does wrong, I will chastise him with the rod of men and the affliction of mortals.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Your house and your kingship shall ever be secure before you; <\/span>your throne<\/span> shall be established forever.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

The Chronicler\u2019s contemporaries had been chastised and afflicted. What they needed was not a reminder of the frailty of their political condition, but a guarantee of irrevocable favor.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Also noteworthy is the ostensibly minor alteration of \u201cyour [David\u2019s] throne\u201d to \u201chis [Solomon\u2019s] throne,\u201d which reflects an idiosyncratic position on the validity of Solomon\u2019s succession\u2014which we will discuss at greater length apropos of 1 Chronicles 29:23.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":76064,"alt":"","title":"hos3-eternal love","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love.jpg","width":1920,"height":1440,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1440,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-1200x900.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":900,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Hopeful Promises, Not Disciplinary Threats","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Second Temple realities reflected in First Temple history","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":76064,"alt":"","title":"hos3-eternal love","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love.jpg","width":1920,"height":1440,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1440,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-1200x900.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":900,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos3-eternal-love-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"I Chronicles","chapter":"17","chapter_main_number":"881","date":"20290114","wall_id":"881"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":5,"id":"99508","color":"#faeed8","size":"1","name":"Nathan\u2019s Honest Mistake ","post_title":"Nathan\u2019s Honest Mistake","slug":"nathans-honest-mistake","old_id":"99508","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":78133,"post_title":"Josh Blechner","slug":"josh-blechner","old_id":"78133","first_name":"Josh ","last_name":"Blechner ","description":"Josh first finished the Tanach during Yeshiva in Mevaseret Zion. 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Fresh off bringing the ark to the city of David, free from his enemies both foreign and domestic, David approaches Nathan the Prophet with a request: \u201cHere I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD is under tent-cloths.\u201d (verse 1). The implication is that he wants to build a temple. Nathan the prophet immediately responds: \u201cDo whatever you have in mind, for God is with you\u201d (verse 2). Nathan gives his blessing through God that David should go ahead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That night, however, Nathan receives different instructions. God decrees that David will not be the one building the Temple. Instead, God promises that David\u2019s line will endure forever, and his son will build the Temple. It seems that Nathan actually spoke out of turn, giving David the ok before asking God. Nathan, though, does not seem to be punished for this, so we can assume it was an honest mistake. Malbim writes that Nathan took stock of the situation before he answered. God had promised a permanent home when Israel was free from all it\u2019s enemies. David and Israel are, at this point, finally in a state of peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nathan also observed that David had been working with an element of the divine spirit. He therefore concluded that David\u2019s request was divinely inspired. Based on God\u2019s message to Nathan in a dream, Nathan was not mistaken. This time, however, God was not going to allow David to build the temple. The given reason is that David was involved in warfare and was too blood-soaked. But a secondary reason can be deduced by God\u2019s promise to establish the Davidic line forever. By allowing David\u2019s son to build the Temple, God gives the Davidic line a monumental achievement beyond just David himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Most of the chapter matches II Samuel 7, except for the end of the chapter. David accepts the promise from Nathan in Chronicles as \u201cNow, it has pleased You to bless Your servant\u2019s house, that it abide before You forever; for You, O LORD, have blessed and are blessed forever\u201d (I Chronicles 17:27). In II Samuel, however, is \u201cBe pleased, therefore, to bless Your servant\u2019s house, that it abide before You forever; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken. May Your servant\u2019s house be blessed forever by Your blessing.\u201d (II Samuel 7:29). In II Samuel David\u2019s focus is a request that God blesses his house forever. In I Chronicles, it is a blessing for God. This again could be a slight edit to the official record to protect David. In Samuel, David\u2019s blessing is somewhat selfish- asking God to make good on God\u2019s promise. 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\"O Lord, there is none like You, neither is there any God except for You \u2026\"<\/em> (First Chronicles 17:20)<\/p>\r\n

\"How great is the living God, may He be praised.\"
\r\n\u2014 the first line of Yigdal, a medieval Hebrew hymn attributed to Rabbi Daniel ben Judah Dayan of Rome (14th century)<\/p>\r\n


\r\nHow great is God, the One before all ones,
\r\nWho will last beyond all lasts and never change;
\r\nWhose light ignited galaxies of suns
\r\nIn spheres and vessels, marvelous and strange.<\/p>\r\n

How great is God, Who turns to us in grace,
\r\nWho hands us down His words and His commands
\r\nThrough Moses, - prophets, - scholars, who embrace
\r\nThe Torah\u2019s oceans, coral-reefs and sands.<\/p>\r\n

How great is God, Who knows our thoughts and deeds,
\r\nOur inner hopes before our hopes are born;
\r\nWho sees unending orchards grow in seeds
\r\nBefore they\u2019re sown, Who gathers those who mourn.<\/p>\r\n

How small is man, yet God, in greatness, gives
\r\nHis promise that despite man\u2019s death \u2014 man lives.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":90600,"alt":"","title":"ps134-god everywhere suns rays","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Yigdal","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"How great is God, Who turns to us in grace","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":90600,"alt":"","title":"ps134-god everywhere suns rays","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ps134-god-everywhere-suns-rays-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"I Chronicles","chapter":"17","chapter_main_number":"881","date":"20290114","wall_id":"881"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":7,"id":"99450","color":"#f7e9e9","size":"1","name":"Script Doctor ","post_title":"Script Doctor","slug":"script-doctor","old_id":"99450","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":54356,"post_title":"Robert Alter","slug":"robert-alter","old_id":"54356","first_name":"Robert ","last_name":"Alter","description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. 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17:17 \u201cAnd even this is too little in Your eyes, O God, for You have spoken of Your servant\u2019s house in distant time, and You have seen me as a man excelling, O LORD God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Hebrew is obscure, and hence the translation is conjectural. The parallel clause in 2 Samuel 7:19 is also unclear, and the later writer has doctored the wording without, however, introducing any greater clarity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Comp lit<\/em>. Most of the chapter can be found in the parallel text in 2 Sam. 7, with minor differences. Note in particular the changes in the opening verse. According to Samuel, the chapter occurs \u201cWhen the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had granted him safety from all the enemies around him.\u201d In Chronicles, part of this verse is missing, which gives the impression that the desire to build a house for God arose early in David\u2019s kingship, just as the story of bringing the Ark up to Jerusalem was moved up to be part of the story of David\u2019s wars with the Philistines.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. A home is not just a house<\/em>. The word <\/span>bayit<\/span><\/em>, \u201chome, house\u201d appears in the chapter 14 times (15 times in the parallel in 2 Sam 7), but with several different meanings. Did you notice them all?<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. 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    \u201cNot from Heaven? Exploring the Next Beit Hamikdash\u201d<\/a> by Rivka Schwartz: Thinking about our role in the next Beit Hamikdash through textual sources.<\/p>\r\n

    \u201cWhere Did the Mishkan Go?\u201d<\/a> by Jason Mark: What happened to the Mishkan after it stopped being in use?<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Source Sheets - I Chronicles 17","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"I Chronicles","chapter":"17","chapter_main_number":"881","date":"20290114","wall_id":"881"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/99260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}