Solomon’s Failure, 1 Kings 3:5

Solomon’s Failure discusses how he failed to obey the Lord.

After becoming king, the Lord appeared to Solomon, 1 Kings 3:5. “Ask what I shall give you.”

Then, Solomon recognized his limitations to govern as a king, 1 Kings 3:9. “Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil,”

God, pleased, granted his request, 1 Kings 3:12-13. “… Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you…

…I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you,”

So, God gave Solomon both wisdom and riches.

Unfortunately, Solomon let his sexual desires overwhelm him, 1 Kings 11:1-6. “Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.”

Solomon clung to these in love. He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart … not wholly true to the LORD his God, as… the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

So, Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not wholly follow the LORD,”

Solomon’s real problem was not his sexual excesses. Instead, Solomon failed to set his heart to exactly obeying God’s commands. As God predicted, the foreign women led him into worshipping idols.

We need to be careful that our alliances do not lead us away from strict obedience to God’s commands.

So, what did we learn?

1.Solomon did not exactly obey God.

2.Solomon’s foreign wives led him into idolatry.

3.We should be careful that our associations do not lead us away from obeying God.

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