Solomon Turns From The Lord Solomon’s life ends in disaster. It seems that as he grew older, he got farther away from God.
Riding the crest of power and prestige he apparently thought he was above reproach. The Law had
clearly forbidden foreign marriages (Deut. 7:1-5). In addition to this, a king was als …
Jeroboam’s Rebellion Solomon had both internal and external adversaries. We have already heard about Hadad, the
Edomite, who had taken refuge in Egypt and lived for the day he could take revenge of David’s
slaughter of the Edomites. Apparently he caused trouble for Solomon militarily (v. 25). Now we …
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Solomon Turns From The Lord
Solomon’s life ends in disaster. It seems that as he grew older, he got farther away from God. Riding the crest of power and prestige he apparently thought he was above reproach. The Law had clearly forbidden foreign marriages (Deut. 7:1-5). In addition to this, a king was als …
Jeroboam’s Rebellion
Solomon had both internal and external adversaries. We have already heard about Hadad, the Edomite, who had taken refuge in Egypt and lived for the day he could take revenge of David’s slaughter of the Edomites. Apparently he caused trouble for Solomon militarily (v. 25). Now we …