I Kings 11 1 13 1 King Solomon

I Kings 11: 1 -13 1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter – Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 2 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.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 4 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.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 5 He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 7 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.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 9 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.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 10 Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 11 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.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 12 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.

I Kings 11: 1 -13 13 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. ”

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1. HE COMPROMISED HIS WISDOM. I Kings 4: 29 -34 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. 31 For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite,

Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was [known] in all the surrounding nations. 32 He also spoke 3000 proverbs, and his songs were 1, 005 33 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.

I Kings 11: 1 -4 1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, [for] they will surely turn your heart away after their gods. "

Solomon held fast to these in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. 4 For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

WE ARE FOOLS WHEN WE ALLOW ANYONE OR ANYTHING TO TURN OUR HEARTS AWAY FROM GOD.

2. HE COMPROMISED HIS WALK. He STARTED Strong…

I Kings 8: 20 -21 20"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. 21 There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt. "

GOD REMINDED HIM OFTEN OF HOW HE SHOULD WALK IN ORDER TO BE BLESSED.

I Kings 9: 4 -9 4"As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, 5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.

6 But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

6 But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

8 And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land to this house? ' 9 And they will say, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the LORD has brought all this adversity on them. '"

WE CAN’T SERVE TWO MASTERS Matthew 6: 24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

CHOOSE

Joshua 24: 15 "If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. "

3. HE COMPROMISED HIS WORSHIP. I Kings 11: 5 -8 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites. 6 Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully,

as David his father had done. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. 8 Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

He Did Not Fully Follow The LORD. God alone is to be the sole object of our worship.

4. HE COMPROMISED HIS WITNESS. He Ended Up Being A Terrible Example To An Unbelieving World.

I Kings 11: 11 -13 11 So the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

12 Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13"However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen. "

God Also Stirred Up Solomon’s Enemies:

I Kings 11: • 14 Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. • 23 God also raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. • 26 Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king.

When You Compromise Expect Trouble. “For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives. ” 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 but if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 6 (Hebrews 12: 6 -8)

If Discipline Doesn’t Come Be Very Concerned

Only One Thing Matters. 13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. 14 For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. (Ecclesiastes 12: 13 -14)