Wise King Solomon

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Wise King Solomon

• Chapter 11

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David passes on the Kingdom

• David had a lot of military success and left his
  son with a large and prosperous kingdom
• David gives Solomon his last instructions
• Follow all of Gods commands
• Follow the Mosaic law
• If you do this you will succeed

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Solomon requests wisdom

• 1 Kings 35-15
• God appeared to Solomon in a dream
• God told Solomon he would give him anything he
  asked for
• Solomon asked for wisdom to serve the people
• v12 I will give you a heart so wiseI will also
  give you riches and glory

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International empire

• Solomon creates an international empire
• He married Pharaohs daughter and thus allied
  himself with Egypt

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Solomon married the world

• Solomon made marriage alliances
• He married for political reasons to spread his
  reign
• He had 700 wives and 300 concubines
• In this way he extended the kingdom to the ends
  of the earth (the 4th feature)
• He fulfills the promise of David but not in the
  right way

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Solomons draws the nations

• When Solomon shares his wisdom with the world he
  is spreading the covenant
• He is drawing people to Jerusalem or Zion
• This fulfills Is 23 (the 5th feature)
• All the nations are streaming toward Zion to be
  instructed in the ways

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Queen of Sheba visits

• 1 Kings 10
• The queen came to pick Solomons brain
• She wanted to test his wisdom
• When she sees his palace and learns of his wisdom
  she begins to praise the God of Israel

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Solomon builds the temple

• He built the architectural sign of Gods covenant
• Fulfilled the 6th feature of the Davidic Covenant
• Solomon turned to King Hiram, King of Tyre for
  materials and craftsmen

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Solomon builds the temple

• The Temple was built by Gentiles or foreigners
• This shows the universality of the covenant
• It drew Gentiles to Jerusalem just like Isaiah 2
  promised (5th and 6th feature)
• Unlike the portable tabernacle, the Temple
  welcomed foreign worshippers
• This fulfilled the covenant in that it called
  Gentiles to Jerusalem

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Solomon prays

• Solomon dedicated the temple
• 1 Kings 821-43
• Solomon prayed for all the foreigners who would
  call upon Gods name
• He prays that it will be a house of prayer for
  all peoples

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The Ark is moved

• Solomon has the Ark moved from the tent to the
  temple
• 1 Kings 819-11
• The glory of the Lord filled the house

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Solomon losing favor

• Just as Samuel had warned Israel, with a King
  comes oppression and high taxes
• He had to tax people to pay for the temple
• Thousands were forced to build the temple
• Solomon began losing favor because of the heavy
  taxing and forced labor

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Deuteronomic Laws Broken

• Solomon is not keeping the laws of Deuteronomy
• Deut 1716-17
• Must not multiply horses (military)
• Dont multiply wives
• Dont multiply silver and gold

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Solomon breaks the law

• 1 Kings 1026
• Solomon collected chariots
• This is symbolic of multiplying military power
• He had 1,400 chariots
• 12,000 charioteers

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Solomon breaks the law

• 1 Kings 113
• Solomon multiplied his wives
• They caused his heart to turn away from God and
  toward their gods
• He built temples to their gods
• Solomons heart had turned to strange gods - 1
  kings 114

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Solomon breaks the law

• 1 kings 1014
• Solomon multiplies gold
• Solomons received each year 666 gold talents

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Three-fold sin Eve Genesis 3 Solomon 1 Kings 11 Christ Matthew 4
Greed Tree good for food All the kingdoms
Lust Pleasing to the eye Stones to bread
Pride Gaining wisdom Jump off the temple
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Solomon leads people away

• By building all the temples to his wives foreign
  gods he begins to lead everyone away from the
  True God
• Israels kingdom will soon feel the pain of
  destruction

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