Tag: 1 Kings

[:en]Solomon was successful in making treaties with the gentiles.  He intermarried with foreign women and had 700 wives and 300 concubines.  As a result, He was ultimately controlled by the gods of their nations.  He also worship Ashtoreth, the goddess of Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moabites and Moleach the god of Ammonites. (v. 33). … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Kings 11[:]

[:en]The fame of Solomon had reached all the neighboring countries.  The Queen of Sheba came to visit him and was impressed about his wisdom and overwhelmed with the palace she saw.   She gave King Solomon 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spies and precious stones.  She also entered trade agreements with him. King Solomon’s… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Kings 10[:]

[:en]The Lord appeared to Solomon a second time.  He promised to establish His royal throne over Israel forever if Solomon would walk before God in integrity of heart and uprightness (vs. 2-3).  He also admonished him not to worship or serve other gods.[:]

[:en]Solomon had the ark of the Lord’s covenant brought from Zion to the City of David and placed it in the inner sanctuary of the temple. (vs. 1, 6).  Then the cloud covered the temple and His glory filled His temple.  Solomon offered a prayer of dedication and supplication.  He exhorted the people to commit… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Kings 8[:]

[:en]God provided David the design for the temple ( 1 Chron. 28:11-19) and David and the people provided the materials. (1 Chron. 29)  It was a project that involved services of all kinds of people.  Hiram, a Gentile king supplied the cedars and pine logs.  The Cannanites contributed the work force and the Jewish delivered… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Kings 5 – 7[:]

[:en]Solomon assigned chief officials and district governors and required each district to supply provision for the royal household once a year.  His wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East and Egypt.  His fame spread to all surrounding nations.[:]

[:en]The Lord appeared to Solomon and asked:  “Ask for whatever you want me to give you” (v. 6).  Solomon’s answer was:  “Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong” (v. 9).  God was pleased with what he asked because his concern was the ability to serve… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Kings 3[:]

[:en]Before David died, he gave wise counsel to Solomon.  Adonijah tricked Bathseheba  to convince Solomon to give him Abishag, one of David’s concubines as his wife.  If the request was granted, the kingdom would belong to Adonijah.  So Solomon gave orders to strike down Adonijah, Abner and Shimei.  Now the kingdom was firmly established in… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Kings 2[:]

[:en]Adonijah, the brother of Absalom was handsome and popular.  Joab and Abiathar, the priest supported him.  But Zadok, the priest, Nathan, the prophet, did not join Adonijah (vs. 7-8).  Adonijah invited Joab, Abiathar all his brothers except Solomon, Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet  to a feast to declare himself king of Israel.  When… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Kings 1[:]