1) I certainly don't think one should feel compelled to make the same cuts as the lectionary, although the section on the prayer is solid.

2) To this day -at v.8 is a good sign of distance from the event.

3)many consider this a composition of the supposed "Deuteronomist" as indicated in 26 with the conditional nature of a covenant.

4) I find wisdom in all of the petitions for forgiveness and hearing prayer.

5) The covenants with David and at Sinai are linked here.

6) I am stuck at v. 27 of the temple as a dwelling palce for God; somed imagine the temple as the "navel of the earth" This is a gateway into spiritual sense of the presence of God, or Jesus as a temple, or even the Christian as a temple

7) One could do well to consider the temple in end time thinking in Ezekiel's closing and how Revelation reflects it, especially in 21.

8) One could look at Lathrop's Holy Places, or consider church architecture.

9) Lately I've seen suggestions that the cherubim were more fearsome images than often supposed.