440 A SHORT VIEW OP SCRIPTURE HISTORY. Ions token of his acceptance, by fire from heaven, consuming his sacrifice : 1 Chron. xxi. 16. Note, Though the temple was built on mount Moriah, yet the name of Zion is still preserved by the following holy writers as the place of the sanctuary ; partly because David had writ- ten so much in his psalms concerning Zion, where the ark and tabernacle stood in his days, and made the name familiar to the people : And partly because Zion was literally the city of David, and in a typical sense, the city or residence of Christ. And in- deed Zion and Moriah may be accounted but two distinct heads of the same mountain ; and though there was a valleybetween them, Solomon joined them by a bridge, that he might easily pass from his palace in Zion to the temple. Josephus makes mention of it more than once. 8. Q. How did Solomon dedicate this temple to God ? A. By assembling all the men of Israel, by bringing thither the ark and the holy things from Zion, by a devout prayer to God, by music and praises, by a feast of seven days, and a vast number of sacrifices ; 1 Kings viii. and 2 Chron. vi. and vii. 9. Q. In what manner did God shew his approbation of it ? A. He filled the house with a cloud of glory, to represent his taking possession of it : He sent fire down from heaven to con- sume the sacrifices, and he appeared in the night to Solomon, and assured him he had heard his prayer, and chosen that place for a house of sacrifice to himself ; 2 Chron, vii. 1-3, 12. 20. Q. Wherein did God bless the reign of Solomon ? A. By giving him prodigious treasures and magnificent state, and spreading the fame of his greatness and wisdom over all na- tions; 1 Kings x. H. Q. What peculiar honours were done to him on this account ? A. The princes round about him coveted his friend- ship, and gave him their assistance and many presents, and the queen of Sheba came to visit him ; 1 Kings ix. and x. 12: Q. What satisfaction did she find in this visit? A. She was astonished at the sight of his grandeur and wisdom, and confessed that the one half of it was not told her ; 1 Kings x. 1 -10. 13. Q. Wherein did Solomon displease God afterwards ?' A. In process of time he forgot his great obligations to God, he took wives and concubines in multitudes, and that out of the idolatrous nations : And by them his heart was so far led away for other gods, that he built places of worship for them very near Jerusalem, and offered sacrifices to them ; See 1 Kings xi. 1 -9. 14. Q. How did God punish him for it? A. He stirred up several enemies against him, and particularly Jeroboam his own servant ; See 1 Kings xi. 14, 23, 26. 15. Q. What was Jeroboam's own pretence for disturbing
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