The Welcome to another episode of 40 minutes in the Old Testament. 40 minutes in the Old Testament is a 1517 podcast network podcast.

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ahead and check out a field guide to the Bible. Chads on that along with me and

Eric, so it's it's a good time.

Chad, we left off with Solomon being anointed king.

Solomon deciding to not kill his brother, which is, you know know always a nice thing to do don't

don't kill your brother but also is a wise political mood because you know he

had some support as for being king so you not a good idea to start your sort of

reign off with you know murdering your your brother that does a that's not the

greatest look so you might as well start with a little mercy.

The thing that's weird about this is that Solomon is essentially king

but also David is not dead yet.

David has ensured the person that I guess he wants but definitely his wife wants and

that Nathan wants and some other people want. He's ensured that he takes his place by sort of giving him the throne in advance.

Yeah, it's sort of a co-regency I guess you could say and probably was well I don't

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