vanity of vanities; vanity. old , meditative king solomon isaak asknaziy.
according 1 kings 11:4 solomon s wives turned heart after other gods , own national deities, whom solomon built temples, incurring divine anger , retribution in form of division of kingdom after solomon s death (1 kings 11:9–13). 1 kings 11 describes solomon s descent idolatry, particularly turning after ashtoreth, goddess of sidonians, , after milcom, abomination of ammonites. in deuteronomy 17:16–17, king commanded not multiply horses or wives, neither multiply himself gold or silver. solomon sins in 3 of these areas. solomon collects 666 talents of gold each year (1 kings 10:14), huge amount of money small nation israel. solomon gathers large number of horses , chariots , brings in horses egypt. deuteronomy 17 warns, collecting horses , chariots takes israel egypt. finally, solomon marries foreign women, , these women turn solomon other gods.
solomon sinned acquiring many foreign wives. solomon s descent idolatry, willem de poorter, rijksmuseum.
according 1 kings 11:30–34, because of these sins lord punishes solomon removing 10 of 12 tribes of israel israelites.
and lord angry solomon, because heart had turned away lord, god of israel, had appeared him twice , had commanded him concerning thing, should not go after other gods. did not keep lord commanded. therefore lord said solomon, since has been practice , have not kept covenant , statutes have commanded you, surely tear kingdom , give servant. yet sake of david father not in days, tear out of hand of son. however, not tear away kingdom, give 1 tribe son, sake of david servant , sake of jerusalem have chosen.
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