tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648300866401965494.post6169663228249021753..comments2023-06-21T02:30:06.647-07:00Comments on Project: The King and I: 1 Kings 8-10 Politics-The more things change...Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310824690509335801noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648300866401965494.post-22084985872453516942011-05-14T08:41:44.234-07:002011-05-14T08:41:44.234-07:001 kings 8:63 is interesting
63 Solomon offered a ...1 kings 8:63 is interesting<br /><br />63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the LORD. <br /><br />This was done over 14 days which come out to 65 oxen per hour every hour day and night (or over 1 per minute) and over 5 sheep/goats per minute. Given one altar, I don't think this is physically possible.Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648300866401965494.post-33981398054523555972011-05-05T12:22:02.366-07:002011-05-05T12:22:02.366-07:00Worldly, too. But maybe also wordy. Sort of like...Worldly, too. But maybe also wordy. Sort of like the so-called 'baby boomers' who grew up living off the fat of the land in Post War America, right?Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567383019731167967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648300866401965494.post-19651264030588935122011-05-05T12:19:31.933-07:002011-05-05T12:19:31.933-07:00It appears to be irony. The life of Solomon in ge...It appears to be irony. The life of Solomon in general is narrated to appear unwise. There seems to be a moral of the story, that being a peacetime ruler (Shlomo, after all, is derived from Shalom) makes one soft, and hence corrupt, wordly, decadent, etc., etc.Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567383019731167967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648300866401965494.post-73310847309096574702011-05-05T11:13:42.393-07:002011-05-05T11:13:42.393-07:00I was pretty disappointed by the Queen of Sheba. I...I was pretty disappointed by the Queen of Sheba. It's a well-known character, but what does she do? Go OMG YOU GOT SO MUCH GOLD and thats it.<br /><br />Solomon's "wisdom" seems to be conflated with his "riches". There's really only one story of him being wise, right?Abbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750772498972381178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648300866401965494.post-3593050293265476912011-05-05T05:35:47.578-07:002011-05-05T05:35:47.578-07:00@Lorraine. I also forgot to mention the Bible'...@Lorraine. I also forgot to mention the Bible's reference to pi in chapter 7.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08310824690509335801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648300866401965494.post-87303756038792451372011-05-04T21:14:58.215-07:002011-05-04T21:14:58.215-07:00Ah, I Kings 10:14...the other Biblical reference t...Ah, I Kings 10:14...the other Biblical reference to the number 666...Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567383019731167967noreply@blogger.com