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Solomon's
Temple Complex Simulated in Israel |
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- Solomon Brought
Disgrace on Himself and Israel
- by Refusing
to Use Discretion With Women
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But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with
the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,
Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the
LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to
them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will
turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these
in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three
hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. For
it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned
away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect
with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
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- For Solomon went after
Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the
abomination of the Ammonites. And Solomon did evil in the sight
of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David
his father. Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh,
the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem,
and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. And
likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense
and sacrificed unto their gods.
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- And the LORD was angry
with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God
of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, And had commanded
him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other
gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. Wherefore
the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee,
and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and
will give it to thy servant. (1 Kings 11:1-11 kjv)
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- The First Book of KINGS
- The books of 1 and 2 Kings, which made up only
one volume in the Hebrew Scriptures, were divided in the edition
of the Hebrew Bible that was published in A.D. 1517. The Septuagint
and the translations of the Old Testament that followed divided
the books of Samuel and Kings into First Kings through Fourth
Kings.
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- The books of 1 and 2 Kings relate the history
of the Jewish people from the death of David to the captivity
of Judah (ca. 970 to 560 B.C.). A recurring theme in both books
involves the examples that each king chose to follow.
Repeatedly, David is presented as the best example for
kings (1 Kings. 3:14; 11:4, 6; 15:3; 2 Kings. 14:3; 16:2; 22:2)
and Jeroboam as the worst (1 Kings. 15:34; 16:2, 26, 31; 22:52;
2Kings. 3:3; 10:29, 31; 13:2, 6, 11).
The Talmud states that Jeremiah was the author of both
books of the Kings. Nevertheless, the Holy Spirit directed him
to use the records of contemporary prophets to complete the work.
Some prophets who wrote during this time, but whose writings
were not included in the canon of Scripture, are Jehu (1 Kings.
16:1), Nathan, Ahijah, and Iddo (2 Chronicles 9:29), Shenaiah
(2 Chronicles 12:15), and some other works of Isaiah (2 Chronicles
26:22; 32:32).
- The Book of 1 Kings covers the reign of Solomon,
the division of the kingdom, and the reigns of the kings of Israel
and Judah up through Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah respectively. The
immense riches that Solomon accumulated and the tremendous advances
that the nation made durmg his reign deteriorated under later
kings. It was Solomon, however, who started the nation on this
course. He brought disgrace on himself and all Israel by refusing
to use discretion in his relationships with women (1 Kings. 11:1-11).
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- Solomon did well to ask God for wisdom to govern
Israel (1 Kings. 3:4 - 28), but he did not continue to act wisely.
He ignored the last counsel that his father David had given him
(1 Kings. 2:2, 3) and began to trust in human means of government
rather than on God. Solomon taxed the nation so heavily that
the people were ready to rebel, and following his death, the
nation permanently divided because his successor, Rehoboam, thought
he could continue to tax the people as heavily as Solomon. [Source for Introduction of chapter:
Hebrew Greek Key Study Bible KJV edited by Spiros Zodhiates,
Th.D. AMG Publishers, Chattanooga, TN 37422]
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