Have you ever experienced something that seemed perfect?

You’re with the perfect companion, enjoying the perfect meal, with a perfect view… until someone knocks over the food and you get bitten by insects.

Up till now in 1 Kings it seemed that life with God’s king in God’s place was as perfect as it could be.

But in chapter 9, things start to unravel.

Twenty years after he first told Solomon he would give him his wish for wisdom, the Lord again addresses the king, saying verse 3,“I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honoured forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.”