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You do remember Solomon? The king that God gave GODLY WISDOM? The same king that built the temple and saw that same temple filled with God's glory. The same king that God told him this
1 Kings 3
[SUP]10 [/SUP]The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. [SUP]11 [/SUP]So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, [SUP]12 [/SUP]I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. [SUP]13 [/SUP]Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. [SUP]14 [/SUP]And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.” [SUP]15 [/SUP]Then Solomon awoke—and he realized it had been a dream.
So did Solomon have faith or not? And what happened between then and the following
1 Kings 11
Solomon’s Wives
11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. [SUP]2 [/SUP]They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. [SUP]3 [/SUP]He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. [SUP]4[/SUP]As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. [SUP]5 [/SUP]He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. [SUP]6 [/SUP]So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. [SUP]8 [/SUP]He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
[SUP]9[/SUP]The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. [SUP]10 [/SUP]Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command. [SUP]11 [/SUP]So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. [SUP]12 [/SUP]Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. [SUP]13 [/SUP]Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
Very plainly scripture says that Solomon's heart had TURNED AWAY from the Lord. And no where can you find anything that says Solomon ever repented and turned BACK to the Lord.
1 Kings 3
[SUP]10 [/SUP]The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. [SUP]11 [/SUP]So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, [SUP]12 [/SUP]I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. [SUP]13 [/SUP]Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. [SUP]14 [/SUP]And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.” [SUP]15 [/SUP]Then Solomon awoke—and he realized it had been a dream.
So did Solomon have faith or not? And what happened between then and the following
1 Kings 11
Solomon’s Wives
11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. [SUP]2 [/SUP]They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. [SUP]3 [/SUP]He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. [SUP]4[/SUP]As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. [SUP]5 [/SUP]He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. [SUP]6 [/SUP]So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. [SUP]8 [/SUP]He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
[SUP]9[/SUP]The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. [SUP]10 [/SUP]Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command. [SUP]11 [/SUP]So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. [SUP]12 [/SUP]Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. [SUP]13 [/SUP]Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
Very plainly scripture says that Solomon's heart had TURNED AWAY from the Lord. And no where can you find anything that says Solomon ever repented and turned BACK to the Lord.
Wow. Now I am worried about you sarah