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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. I Kings 11:34,35
Jeroboam would become the king of the ten northern tribes until the death of Solomon, and then Rehoboam would reign over Israel after the death of Solomon. And the time Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father.
#Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. I Kings 11:11
Jehovah will rend the kingdom, but will not do it in thy days for David thy father's sake but will rend it out of thy son. Honor thy father and thy mother all the days of thy life and it will be well with thee. Solomon will receive mercy because of this, even though he broke the commandments of God and His statutes. Nevertheless, Jehovah was angry with Solomon because he did not keep the commandments after God appeared unto him twice. This tells us how important it is that we keep the commandments of God. So God stirred up the enemies of Solomon because of his disobedience. When a man's ways are right with the Lord, his enemies will be at peace with him. So if you want peace, then obey the commandments of God.
#But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines and his wives turned away his heart. I Kings 11:1,3
And it came to pass when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God as was the heart of David his father. We say, well what about David and Bathsheba, that was a one-time event that never happened again, and David repented of that sin, never to repeat it again. Solomon was the wisest king to ever live, but he allowed his prosperity to destroy his devotion to Jehovah his God and loved many women, who turned his heart away from God. We can learn much from Solomon by reading the proverbs, yet the greatest lesson is to keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. So Solomon made images to the gods of his wives and it greatly displeased the Lord. So Jehovah told Solomon He would rend the kingdom from him during the life of his son. So we see Solomon had the dubious name of being the wisest king and the most foolish king as well. The prosperity of the fool will destroy him, and the love of money is the root of all evil. Therefore, be content with thy wages and live joyfully with the wife of thy youth. Keep one wife and life will be better for thee.
#Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which continually stand before thee and that hear thy wisdom. I Kings 10:8
Sheba had some encouraging words for Solomon as she departed, saying happy are thy men and thy servants that stand to hear thy wisdom daily. Truly God had appointed you to do justice and judgment in the kingdom. Happy is Jehovah who delights in thee. And she gave the king a hundred talents of gold and spices very great store, along with precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which queen Sheba gave to king Solomon. And king Solomon gave unto queen Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the best gold. What a blessing queen Sheba was to Solomon. So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
#And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. I Kings 10:1
The Queen of Sheba came to Solomon because she heard of his fame, and she asked questions of all that was in her heart. Solomon did not disappoint, for he answered all her questions. She had come with a great train, and she left saying it was a true report that I heard in mine own land of the acts of thy wisdom. Solomon proved he was the wisest king to ever live. His prosperity exceedeth the fame which she heard of. The bible said if any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of God.
#And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. I Kings 9:25
Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace-offering to Jehovah while he finished building the house of the Lord. We see the dedication Solomon had to Jehovah to praise Him and give Him all the glory for building the house. Just like we must give Jesus all the glory for our temples and make sure we are living holy lives.
#But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo. I Kings 9:24 Happy Mother's Day as we think where would we be without mothers? Solomon had Bathsheba, who was instrumental in making him king. Thank God for your Mom whether she is living or home with the Lord.Give God all the glory.
#And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and hiss and they shall say, why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt and have taken hold upon other gods and have worshiped them and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. I Kings 9:8,9
Jehovah God is a jealous God and thou shalt not have any god besides Him. Israel will learn from her backsliding ways to return to the Holy One of Israel Jehovah Nissi who is our banner. This is the first commandment and the second is like unto it, thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Thus Solomon learns to hallow the Lord God before him and to keep His commandments. Israel does not have to become a byword for worshiping other gods. And Hiram sent unto the king sixscore talents of gold. So Solomon was rewarded for his service to Jehovah.
#But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight and Israel shall be a byword among all people. I Kings 9:6,7
This warning that the Lord God gave to Solomon would come to pass, as it happened after the forty years of the kingdom and when Solomon multiplied wives unto himself. This was a violation of the Torah and those foreign wives turned Solomon's heart away from God. Israel was removed from the land in 70AD and were a byword among all the people until 1948 when they were allowed to come back to the land of Israel. What a mighty God we serve, who tells us the future. Let us learn from their lessons and do not forsake the Lord God.
#And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, there shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. I Kings 9:4,5
Jehovah has just charged Solomon to walk as David his father walked, in the integrity of heart, to keep my commandments and my statutes, there shall not fail thee to have a man upon the throne of Israel. We see that Solomon has a great act to follow in his father David, and all he has to do is walk in the commandments of God. For they are not burdensome. O how the Lord will bless us too if we walk in the commandments of Jehovah and keep His statutes forever. Yeshua must be praised and worshiped forever. For He is holy and worthy of our praises so let us exalt His name forevermore.
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