Solomon
143The Point of No Return
7 Nov 2022
29:35¶ 89
“Along comes Solomon. We thought David was bad with however many wives he had – a dozen or so, I think. Solomon piles it…”
30:15¶ 90
“We say that like it should be less of a bad thing because he’s king and it’s a formality. That actually makes it worse.”
30:23¶ 91
“But God used him to write three books of the Bible, and he did this. It’s not like God is going after the worst…”
114Divided Kingdom
18 Apr 2022
0:42¶ 3
“We saw Solomon’s fall into partial apostasy. Now, given that he wrote the book of Ecclesiastes, at some point he looked back and realized,…”
1:15¶ 4
“God having warned him about this in two previous visions said, “Well, that’s that. We’re done now. I’m pulling the plug, as it were.”
1:57¶ 8
“Before Solomon is even dead, things begin to play out. God through his prophet Ahijah approaches Jeroboam, the young man who is the foreman…”
113Solomon
11 Apr 2022
0:46¶ 3
“I suppose that of all the Old Testament characters there are to know about, even small children know about Solomon, something about Solomon in…”
1:14¶ 4
“He was a son by Bathsheba, the woman with whom David had committed adultery, and yet God did not require David to divorce her…”
2:26¶ 9
“He’s a type and figure of Jesus. He is the wisest of men. Kings and wise men from across the world come to hear…”
112Wisdom
4 Apr 2022
1:11¶ 5
“Solomon had become king. God had asked him, “What can I do for you?” and Solomon, not asking for riches or the life of…”
4:23¶ 18
“We’re not told what happened to the other woman or if Solomon inflicted any penalties, nor does it terribly matter for our purposes. The…”
5:01¶ 19
“So when we think of Solomon we often think of him as the wisest man ever. That’s kind of what God said he would…”
51Prophecy and the Ten Commandments
20 Dec 2020
49:38¶ 167
“I was noticing when Solomon asks the Lord for wisdom, we usually use the word ‘wisdom’ and that’s what I Chronicles says when it’s…”
49:55¶ 169
“Where’s the other place the story is told then? I Kings? In I Kings he asks the Lord for discernment between good and evil.…”