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1 Kings 2:1-4 1 As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.

2 1 Kings 2:1-4 1 As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. 3 Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, 4 so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel. 1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

A Chronology of Solomon 970/71 David Died Solomon King (Psalm 72) 969 Son Rehoboam born 967 Pharoah Siamun conquers Gezer 967 Solomon makes preparations for the Temple 1 Kings 5 967 Solomon asks for

3 A Chronology of Solomon 970/71 David Died Solomon King (Psalm 72) 969 Son Rehoboam born 967 Pharoah Siamun conquers Gezer 967 Solomon makes preparations for the Temple 1 Kings Solomon asks for Wisdom 1 Kings 3: Temple Started 4 th year of Solomon. 1 Kings 6:1 966 Solomon marries Pharaoh s daughter and brought her to Jerusalem 1 Kings 3:1 961 Pharaoh Psusennes II comes to power 959/60 Temple Completed Eleventh year of Solomon 1 Kings 6: Solomon s Temple Dedication 2 Chronicles 6, Psalms God's Glory in the Temple 2 Chronicles The Proverbs of Solomon. 950 Solomon's Song of Songs 946 Completion of Kings Palace - 13 years after Temple 1 Kings 7:1, 9: Mutual Presents of Solomon and Hiram 1 Kings 9: Pharaoh Sheshonk 1 comes to power 946 Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10,2 Chronicles Pharaoh Sheshonk 1/Jeraboam 1 Kings 11: fortifies cities to resist Egypt 946 Solomon s Wives and Idolatry. King Solomon had 700 wives and three hundred concubines. 937 Ecclesiastes Words of the Preacher. 931 Solomon Dies

The Prophet s Outline Solomon s Succession to David's throne 1:1 2:12 David s Charge to Solomon 2:1-9 Solomon s Leadership Challenges 2:13-46 Solomon s Wisdom From God ch.

4 The Prophet s Outline Solomon s Succession to David's throne 1:1 2:12 David s Charge to Solomon 2:1-9 Solomon s Leadership Challenges 2:13-46 Solomon s Wisdom From God ch. 3 Solomon s Political Wisdom/Strength ch. 4 Temple Preparations ch. 5 Temple Construction ch. 6 Solomon s Palace 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings 7:13-51 Temple Dedication ch. 8 God s Second Covenant and Blessings ch. 9 Solomon s Greatness ch. 10 Solomon's apostasy ch. 11

1 Chronicles 28:2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the

3 But God said to me, You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood 5 Of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons), He has chosen my son Solomon to

5 1 Chronicles 28:2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. 3 But God said to me, You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood 5 Of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons), He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6 He said to me, Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now 10 [to Solomon] Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be courageous and act. 11 Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan David s Last Speech to Israel and Solomon

6 1 Kings 3:1 1 Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.

pitched for it [in Jerusalem], and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings

7 Two Worship Tents 1 Chron. 16:1 And they brought in the ark of God and placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it [in Jerusalem], and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.39 David left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place which was at Gibeon.

4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

8 1 Kings 3:2-4 2 The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. 3 Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 2 Chronicles 1:3 Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place which was at Gibeon, for God's tent of meeting was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness 5 Now the bronze altar was there before the tabernacle of the LORD, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.

9 1 Kings 3:5-9 5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, Ask what you wish me to give you. 6 Then Solomon said, You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. 9 So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?

1 Kings 3:10-14 10 It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

for yourself discernment to understand justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your words.

10 1 Kings 3: It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 God said to him, Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. 13 I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days. 14 If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.

11 1 Kings 3:15 15 Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings (personal dedication offerings) and made peace offerings (thanksgiving offerings), and made a feast for all his servants (joint commitment).

1 Kings 3:16-22 16 Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.

18 It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together.

20 So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

12 1 Kings 3: Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. 17 The one woman said, Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house. 18 It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house. 19 This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it. 20 So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. 21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne. 22 Then the other woman said, No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son. But the first woman said, No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

1 Kings 3:23-28 23 Then the king said, The one says, This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one; and the other says, No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.

13 1 Kings 3: Then the king said, The one says, This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one; and the other says, No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one. 24 The king said, Get me a sword. So they brought a sword before the king. 25 The king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other. 26 Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him. But the other said, He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him! 27 Then the king said, Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother. 28 When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

14 1 Kings 4 1 Now King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 These were his officials 20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. 21 Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life 25 So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon 29 Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore. 30 Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. 32 He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1, He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish. 34 Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 2 Chronicles 9:23 (ESV)

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 2 Chronicles 9:23 (ESV) CHAPTER 6 HOW CAN WE GET WISDOM? Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people? 1 Kings