In this chapter we are told, I. What cities Solomon built, 2 Chron. 8:1–6. II. What workmen Solomon employed, 2 Chron. 8:7–10. III. What care he took about a proper settlement for his wife, 2 Chron. 8:11. IV. What a good method he put the temple-service into, 2 Chron. 8:12–16. V.

This we had 1 Kings 9:10–24, and therefore shall only observe here, I. Though Solomon was a man of great learning and knowledge, yet he spent his days, not in contemplation, but in action, not in his study, but in his country, in building cities and fortifying them, in a time of peace preparing for…

Here is, I. Solomon’s devotion. The building of the temple was in order to the service of the temple. Whatever cost he was at in rearing the structure, if he had neglected the worship that was to be performed there, it would all have been to no purpose.