Is Solomon the forever King? is the second story in our series ‘Who is the forever king?’ This is a great series to use in the weeks before Christmas.
Solomon led a very full life so we’ve chosen to focus on the building of the temple as it follows on from the story ‘Is David the forever king?
The puppet is made from these free pictures from Free Bible Images
Is Solomon the forever king? Bible story from 1 Kings 8
Say hello to King Solomon! Solomon was King David’s son and he had the job of building the special house for God where people could come and pray and worship.
But Solomon was the King. He wasn’t going to do any of the sawing, hammering, lifting or carrying in the building work. He had loads of people who could do that. He organised everything. He bought lots and lots of wood, stone and lots and lots of gold. King Solomon wanted this house for God to be the most special building ever made. And it was.
When all the building work was done it was the most beautiful place.
Solomon want inside, all the people came and Solomon talked to God. All the people listened.
‘O Lord, there is no one like you. You keep your promises. I have built this house for you but you are so great that you are everywhere all of the time. Please hear your people when they pray to you in this place and please forgive them.’
King Solomon was a good King most of the time but after he had built god’s house he did things that were wrong. He grew old and died. Is Solomon the forever king? No. We haven’t found him yet.
Is Solomon the forever king? craft ideas
Make King Solomon from a cardboard tube.
All you need
- Cardboard tube
- Paper to wrap around for clothes
- Circle shape for face
- Gold crown
- Material for cloak and pipe cleaner belt.
- Glue, crayons, tape
Here’s some more ideas from Pinterest..