Oct 7, 2026 · 11 min · 8 segments
Solomon loves God. When God asks Solomon what his deepest wish might be, it is the ability to guide and judge the nation. "Tzedek and Mishpat" is possibly Judaism's core value, and the principle of…
Alex IsraelHost
He has ensured the security of his, uh, monarchy, and now we read in Perek Gimel, Pasuk Gimel, "Vaye'ehahav Shlomo et Hashem lalechet bachukot David aviv." Shlomo loved God.
Well, everything about Shlomo is going to be larger than life, but why a thousand sacrifices and why in Givon? So we have to point out that at this time, there is no temple.
There is-- We, we're told even in the, in the verse here that, uh, [in Hebrew] "Raka amezachim bamamot ki lo nivna bayit Lashem." There was no temple.
And, uh, so where is the central altar? Where is the altar where they bring, for example, where they do the service of Yom Kippur? Where's the altar where they bring, um, the Korban Tamid, all of the festival sacrifices, the national altar? It would appear that this is in Givon.
Uh, Givon, it seemed like after the murder of the priests of Nov, the national altar moved to Givon.
And if Shlomo is going in the third year of his reign to Givon and bringing a thousand sacrifices, he then sleeps there, and in the morning, he, he wakes up, [in Hebrew] "Vayikatz Shlomo veyinei chalom." Uh, he realized he's had a dream.
Shlomo goes to the altar in Givon and pays homage to that altar, offering a thousand sacrifices, but immediately the next morning, plans to go to Jerusalem.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were, was a press conference there that evening where with all these architectural drawings of the new Beit HaMikdash, Shlomo is saying, "Goodbye, Givon.
We are now going to establish this structure, this national institution which we've waited so long for, which my father really wanted to build." And maybe that is precisely why that night he has a dream, and God comes to him and, and asks him for something most unusual.
He has ensured the security of his, uh, monarchy, and now we read in Perek Gimel, Pasuk Gimel, "Vaye'ehahav Shlomo et Hashem lalechet bachukot David aviv." Shlomo loved God.
Well, everything about Shlomo is going to be larger than life, but why a thousand sacrifices and why in Givon? So we have to point out that at this time, there is no temple.
There is-- We, we're told even in the, in the verse here that, uh, [in Hebrew] "Raka amezachim bamamot ki lo nivna bayit Lashem." There was no temple.
And, uh, so where is the central altar? Where is the altar where they bring, for example, where they do the service of Yom Kippur? Where's the altar where they bring, um, the Korban Tamid, all of the festival sacrifices, the national altar? It would appear that this is in Givon.
Uh, Givon, it seemed like after the murder of the priests of Nov, the national altar moved to Givon.
And if Shlomo is going in the third year of his reign to Givon and bringing a thousand sacrifices, he then sleeps there, and in the morning, he, he wakes up, [in Hebrew] "Vayikatz Shlomo veyinei chalom." Uh, he realized he's had a dream.
Shlomo goes to the altar in Givon and pays homage to that altar, offering a thousand sacrifices, but immediately the next morning, plans to go to Jerusalem.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were, was a press conference there that evening where with all these architectural drawings of the new Beit HaMikdash, Shlomo is saying, "Goodbye, Givon.
We are now going to establish this structure, this national institution which we've waited so long for, which my father really wanted to build." And maybe that is precisely why that night he has a dream, and God comes to him and, and asks him for something most unusual.
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