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The Bible Recap

Day 151 (1 Kings 3-4) - Year 3

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.833.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

0:13.0

Two days ago we read in First Kings 1-2 how Solomon was appointed king.

0:17.6

Yesterday we read in Psalm 119 about how God is the giver of wisdom, and today those two

0:22.4

streams flow into the same river.

0:24.4

It's a good thing that Solomon asked God for wisdom and we'll get to that in a minute,

0:28.6

because he's already started out by killing a few people, maybe righteously, maybe not,

0:32.9

and by marrying a foreign woman, which is definitely not a righteous move.

0:36.6

This marriage was for a political alliance, so does that make it any better?

0:40.5

No.

0:41.5

We don't see it right away, but this eventually causes his kingdom to crumble.

0:46.1

What we can see right away is that it suggests he doesn't trust God to act on Israel's behalf.

0:51.6

He makes alliances that involve marrying the women God said not to marry.

0:56.2

And did you see who he married?

0:58.2

Pharaoh's daughter, as in King of Egypt, as in the people who enslaved God's people for

1:03.5

400 years and their name is synonymous with everything God tells them to avoid.

1:08.0

Just because Solomon's the king doesn't mean he gets a pass on obedience.

1:11.7

In fact, he should be the one setting an example.

1:14.1

He's the leader.

1:15.7

Unfortunately, much like his father David, women are his weak spot.

1:21.2

Solomon loves Yahweh, but he also likes to sacrifice to pagan gods.

1:24.9

This got a divided heart.

1:27.0

This wasn't uncommon in this day or even today, honestly.

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