Tag: 1 Kings

1 Kings 12The people complained that Solomon taxed them heavily – it makes Solomon sound more like king Noah than king Benjamin. The people got to choose between Rheoboam who promised to tax them more and Jeroboam who would lead them to idolatry.

1 Kings 11Solomon not only married foreigners but marries from the very nations the Lord had warned Israel to avoid. This could not be an accident, it was simply thinking that the rules did not apply to him. The result was exactly as the Lord had warned, Solomon began participating by degrees in the worship…

1 Kings 10Over time it would not be surprising if Solomon forgot that his wisdom was a gift from God and not something independently his own which could not be taken along with the wealth that came because of his wisdom.

1 Kings 9Solomon sounds just like any king who’s kingdom is not challenged. He had great wealth but he does not sound like king Benjamin who was a truly good king. Silklike kingdom sounds like what I would expect to find in Egypt.

1 Kings 8I get the feeling that most of the multitude celebrating the completion of the temple were cultural Jews – they love a good celebration but they don’t think too much about the Mosaic law or the meaning of the gospel on their own. I wonder too about Solomon. Is he truly a great…

1 Kings 7Solomon spent almost twice as long building his own house as he did building the temple.

1 Kings 6I take it as a sign of reverence for a place already considered holy that as the temple was being built all the materials of stone (and possibly wood as well) were formed onto their appropriate size and shape before they were brought to the temple site so that the site would not…

1 Kings 4 – 5Solomon was obviously wealthy. If we assume two horses per chariot then he had 20,000 chariots at his disposal. As I read about his officers and his actions I am left to wonder if he was truly as great as we think of him or if he was simply very wise/discerning…

1 Kings 3I knew that the Lord blessed Solomon with riches and long life because he asked for a discerning heart rather than for those gifts but I had not noticed that the gift of riches was given without condition while the gift of long life was given dependent on his continuing to walk in…

1 Kings 2My view of David is altered as I read how he instructs Solomon to kill men that he had promised not to kill. That seems hypocritical to me. I’m surprised at the number of people Solomon had killed in the early part of his reign including those David told him to kill and…