Wise King
Solomon
Chapter 11
David passes on the
Kingdom
• David had a lot of military success
and left his son with a large and
prosperous kingdom
• David gives Solomon his last
instructions
– Follow all of God’s commands
– Follow the Mosaic law
– If you do this you will succeed
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Solomon requests wisdom
• 1 Kings 3:5-15
– God appeared to Solomon in a dream
– God told Solomon he would give him
anything he asked for
– Solomon asked for wisdom to serve
the people
– v12 “I will give you a heart so wise…I
will also give you riches and glory”
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International empire
• Solomon creates an
international
empire
• He married
Pharaoh’s daughter
and thus allied
himself with Egypt
3
Solomon married the
“world”
• Solomon made marriage
alliances
• He married for political
reasons to spread his reign
• He had 700 wives and 300
concubines
• In this way he extended the
kingdom to the ends of the
earth (the 4th feature)
– He fulfills the promise of David
but not in the right way
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Solomon’s draws the
nations
• When Solomon shares his wisdom
with the world he is spreading the
covenant
• He is drawing people to Jerusalem
or Zion
– This fulfills Is 2:3 (the 5th feature)
• All the nations are streaming toward Zion
to be instructed in the ways
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Queen of Sheba visits
• 1 Kings 10
– The queen came to pick
Solomon’s brain
– She wanted to test his
wisdom
– When she sees his
palace and learns of his
wisdom she begins to
praise the God of Israel
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Solomon builds the temple
• He built the
architectural sign of
God’s covenant
– Fulfilled the 6th feature of
the Davidic Covenant
• Solomon turned to King
Hiram, King of Tyre for
materials and craftsmen
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Solomon builds the temple
• The Temple was built by
Gentiles or foreigners
– This shows the universality of the
covenant
– It drew Gentiles to Jerusalem just
like Isaiah 2 promised (5th and
6th feature)
• Unlike the portable tabernacle,
the Temple welcomed foreign
worshippers
– This fulfilled the covenant in that it
called Gentiles to Jerusalem
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Solomon prays
• Solomon dedicated the
temple
• 1 Kings 8:21-43
– Solomon prayed for all the
foreigners who would call
upon God’s name
– He prays that it will be a
“house of prayer for all
peoples”
9
The Ark is moved
• Solomon has the Ark
moved from the tent
to the temple
• 1 Kings 8:19-11
– The glory of the Lord
filled the house
10
Solomon losing favor
• Just as Samuel had warned
Israel, with a King comes
oppression and high taxes
• He had to tax people to pay
for the temple
• Thousands were forced to
build the temple
• Solomon began losing favor
because of the heavy taxing
and forced labor
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Deuteronomic Laws Broken
• Solomon is not
keeping the laws of
Deuteronomy
• Deut 17:16-17
1. Must not multiply
horses (military)
2. Don’t multiply wives
3. Don’t multiply silver
and gold
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Solomon breaks the law
1. 1 Kings 10:26
– Solomon collected
chariots
– This is symbolic of
multiplying military
power
– He had 1,400 chariots
– 12,000 charioteers
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Solomon breaks the law
2. 1 Kings 11:3
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Solomon multiplied his
wives
They caused his heart to
turn away from God and
toward their god’s
He built temples to their
god’s
“Solomon’s heart had
turned to strange god’s”
- 1 kings 11:4
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Solomon breaks the law
3. 1 kings 10:14
• Solomon
multiplies gold
• Solomon’s
received each
year 666 gold
talents
15
Threefold sin
Eve:
Greed
Tree good
for food
All the
kingdoms
Lust
Pleasing
to the eye
Stones to
bread
Pride
Gaining
wisdom
Jump off
the temple
Genesis 3
Solomon: Christ:
1 Kings 11 Matthew 4
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Solomon leads people
away
• By building all the temples to his
wives foreign god’s he begins to
lead everyone away from the True
God
• Israel’s kingdom will soon feel the
pain of destruction
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