The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold. v.9
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So the work of building the temple begins. Solomon wanted to build the most fabulous building for God's dwelling place so hired the best craftsmen and used only the best materials. Even down to the nails are mentioned. Now these nails weren't made out of gold for that would be too soft for building use although they could have been overlaid with gold after they were in place. I love that this detail of even the nails are mentioned in this intricate building and design. Bible scholar E.W. Bullinger of the Companion Bible notes that "these small and simple things not excluded. They held all together and though out of sight are remembered and named by God." I sometimes feel like my sister is the nail of my immediate family holding all of us together or sometimes I feel like a nail hold certain friendships together yet always seem to go unnoticed. Yet I remember that God notices and only truly because of Him are all things held together.
How do you feel like a nail in certain areas of your life? Who is someone you see as a nail as someone simple that may never get noticed but holds things together?
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