We are told that Solomon was seven years in building the temple, and thirteen years in building his own house. I cannot doubt, therefore, that we are intended to learn that the mind of Solomon was more set upon his own house than upon the house of God. We have the same lesson taught us in Haggai 1. And it is a needed lesson, as we all know. See what money Christians will spend upon the adornments of their own houses, and add house to house, compared with what they give for the furtherance of the house of God.