The Shame and Death of Solomon. I Kings 11

 

I Kings 11- The Shame and Death of Solomon

 

As far as women were concerned, Solomon was patterning his life after his father David. He collected women of all nationalities. These women turned the head of Solomon, causing him to go into idolatry and to permit it in the land. He violated God’s prescribed law.

 

The Lord did not approve of what Solomon did and He was angry with him. The Lord said that he would not tear away all the kingdom from Solomon. That one tribe was Benjamin. So, Benjamin and Judah were in the division that will go with the family of David. The other ten tribes in the north will follow Jeroboam.

 

Solomon enjoyed peace. Now for the first time during his reign there was to be a warfare.

 

Jeroboam was the son of a servant, Solomon recognized that he was a young man of considerable ability and talent. Solomon elevated him to a high position and made him overseer of his public works.

 

Ahijah the prophet took Jeroboam’s new garment and tore it into twelve pieces. He gave him ten pieces and said to him, “God is going to give you ten tribes. The Kingdom is going to be divided.”

For David’s sake, God will not take the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, but He will take it out of the hand of Solomon’s son and give ten tribes to Jeroboam.

 

“And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David, his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.”

 

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