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What Made KING Solomon the Wisest AND Most Foolish King · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: If you watched our last video, you saw how David,
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  Speaker 1: the forgotten shepherd Boy, became Israel's greatest king. But to
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  Speaker 1: day we shift our focus to his son, a man
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  Speaker 1: born in a palace, raised in luxury, given everything, yet
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  Speaker 1: lost it all. This is the story of Solomon, the
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  Speaker 1: third King of Israel, the man who built the greatest
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  Speaker 1: empire in Israel's history, yet ended his life as a
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  Speaker 1: cautionary tale. He was the wisest king who ever lived,
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  Speaker 1: but also one of the most foolish. How is that possible?
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  Speaker 1: Solomon's reign began with power, prosperity, and unmatched wisdom straight
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  Speaker 1: from God himself. He was the king who ruled an
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  Speaker 1: era of gold, peace and unimaginable success. But something went
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  Speaker 1: terribly wrong. His hunger for power, his obsession with wealth,
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  Speaker 1: and his love for foreign women would lead him down
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  Speaker 1: a path of destruction. So the question remains, was Solomon
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  Speaker 1: Israel's greatest king or its greatest tragedy. We put timestamps
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  Speaker 1: into the rise and fall of King Solomon, a story
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  Speaker 1: like no other. Solomon's story doesn't begin with glory. It
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  Speaker 1: begins with scandal. Long before he was born, before he
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  Speaker 1: ever held a scepter or sat on a throne, his parents,
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  Speaker 1: King David, and Bathsheba, were at the center of one
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  Speaker 1: of the most shocking and devastating scandals in Israel's history.
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  Speaker 1: A king's lust, a woman's sorrow, a husband's murder, and
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  Speaker 1: a child born from it all. David had been a
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  Speaker 1: righteous king, a man after God's own heart, but even
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  Speaker 1: the greatest can fall. One night, he saw Bathsheba, a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful woman, bathing on a rooftop. Instead of looking away,
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  Speaker 1: instead of walking in righteousness, David took her. But Bathsheba
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  Speaker 1: was not just any woman. She was the wife of Uriah,
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  Speaker 1: one of David's most loyal warriors, and when she became pregnant.
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  Speaker 1: David panicked. He tried to cover it up, calling Uriah
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  Speaker 1: back from war, hoping he would sleep with his wife
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  Speaker 1: and believe the child was his. Butire refused to go home,
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  Speaker 1: saying he couldn't enjoy his wife while his fellow soldiers
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  Speaker 1: were still in battle. David, once a shepherd boy who
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  Speaker 1: trusted in God, had now become a man who relied
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  Speaker 1: on deception. When his plan failed, he did something unthinkable.
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  Speaker 1: He arranged Uriah's death. He sent him to the front lines,
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  Speaker 1: ordering his commander to pull back so Uriah would be
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  Speaker 1: killed a murder disguised as war. David took Bathsheba as
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  Speaker 1: his wife. But God was watching, and he sent the
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  Speaker 1: prophet Nathan with a message that shook David to his car.
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  Speaker 1: You are the man Second Samuel twelve seven. Nathan exposed everything.
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  Speaker 1: God saw it all, and he declared judgment, the child
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  Speaker 1: conceived in sin would die, and he did. Bathsheba wept,
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  Speaker 1: David wept. The weight of sin had crashed down upon them.
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  Speaker 1: But even in judgment, God's mercy was at work. Bathsheba
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  Speaker 1: conceived again. This time a child was born, not in scandal,
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  Speaker 1: but in restoration. His name Solomon. Unlike the first child
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  Speaker 1: who was taken in judgment, Solomon was a child of promise.
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  Speaker 1: But why Solomon, Why out of all of David's sons,
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  Speaker 1: was this one chosen to be king. David had many sons.
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  Speaker 1: In human terms, the first born should have been king.
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  Speaker 1: His oldest son, Amnon, was the natural heir, but Amnon
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  Speaker 1: was wicked, committing an unspeakable crime against his own sister.
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  Speaker 1: God rejected him. His next son, Absalom, was charismatic and powerful.
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  Speaker 1: He even led a rebellion against his own father to
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  Speaker 1: take the throne, but he was consumed by pride and
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  Speaker 1: he too was struck down. One by one. David's older
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  Speaker 1: sons fell and God's choice became clear. Solomon wasn't the strongest,
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  Speaker 1: Solomon was the oldest. Solomon wasn't the most obvious choice,
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  Speaker 1: But Solomon was the chosen one, and it was confirmed
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  Speaker 1: by Nathan the Prophet, the same man who had once
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  Speaker 1: condemned David for his sin. Now Nathan would play a
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  Speaker 1: role in securing Solomon's destiny. David was old, his strength
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  Speaker 1: was failing, and one of his other sons, Adonija, decided
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  Speaker 1: it was time to take the kingdom. For himself. He
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  Speaker 1: declared himself king while David was still alive, gathering military
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  Speaker 1: leaders and priests to support him. It was a full
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  Speaker 1: scale coup, but Nathan and Bathsheba acted fast. They went
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  Speaker 1: before David and reminded him of God's promise that Solomon
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  Speaker 1: was meant to be king. David, though weak, took action immediately.
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  Speaker 1: He called Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Beniah
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  Speaker 1: the warrior, and commanded them to take Solomon, anoint him
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  Speaker 1: with oil, and seat him on the throne. And so
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  Speaker 1: Solomon was crowned king. While Adonija was still celebrating his
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  Speaker 1: own fake coronation, Adonisia heard the noise, the trumpets blasting,
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  Speaker 1: the people shouting long Live King Solomon, and he knew
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  Speaker 1: he had lost. Solomon was no longer just a child
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  Speaker 1: of scandal. He was now a child of destiny. The
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  Speaker 1: world had seen him as a reminder of David's darkest moment,
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  Speaker 1: but God had turned it into a symbol of his grace.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon's birth was proof that God can take what is
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  Speaker 1: broken and make it whole, that God can take what
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  Speaker 1: began in failure and transform it into something glorious. But
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  Speaker 1: the question remained, would Solomon stay faithful to the God
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  Speaker 1: who had chosen him, or would he let his power
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  Speaker 1: corrupt him. The story of Israel's most glorious, yet most
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  Speaker 1: tragic king was only beginning. The battle for the throne
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  Speaker 1: was far from over. Solomon may have been anointed king,
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  Speaker 1: but power is never handed over easily. There were still
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  Speaker 1: those who believed the throne belonged to some one else,
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  Speaker 1: and in the shadows men plotted blood would be spilled
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  Speaker 1: before Solomon could truly rule. Adonisia had declared himself king first.
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  Speaker 1: It had been a bold, reckless move. He was David's
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  Speaker 1: oldest surviving son. In his eyes, the throne was his birthright.
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  Speaker 1: While David lay weak and dying, Adonija had already begun
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  Speaker 1: his coronation. He gathered military leaders, powerful priests, and Israel's nobility,
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  Speaker 1: hosting a massive feast to celebrate his victory. But Adonija's
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  Speaker 1: greatest mistake he did not invite Solomon. It was a
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  Speaker 1: clear message he saw Solomon as a threat. But while
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  Speaker 1: Adonija feasted, drank, and celebrated, news came that shattered everything.
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  Speaker 1: The trumpets had sounded. The people of Jerusalem were shouting
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  Speaker 1: in the streets. Long live King Solomon. It was over.
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  Speaker 1: David had given the command. Solomon was the rightful king.
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  Speaker 1: When Adonisia heard what had happened, his heart dropped. The
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  Speaker 1: people had turned. The throne was no longer his. His
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  Speaker 1: supporters abandoned him Instantly. He ran not to his warriors,
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  Speaker 1: not to his allies, but to the only place he
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  Speaker 1: thought he could be safe, the altar of God. Adonija
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  Speaker 1: grabbed hold of the horns of the altar and refused
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  Speaker 1: to let go. In ancient Israel, this was a desperate
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  Speaker 1: plea for mercy. It was an unspoken rule. No one
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  Speaker 1: could be killed while holding the altar. He sent word
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  Speaker 1: to Solomon, swear to me that you will not put
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  Speaker 1: me to death. The entire nation waited for Solomon's answer.
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  Speaker 1: Would he show mercy or would he send a message.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon chose mercy on one condition. If he proves himself worthy,
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  Speaker 1: not a air on his head will fall to the ground.
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  Speaker 1: But if evil is found in him, he will die.
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  Speaker 1: Adonijia swore loyalty. For now, the bloodshed was avoided, but
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  Speaker 1: it would not last. David was fading. The man who
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  Speaker 1: had slain giants, conquered nations and ruled Israel for forty years.
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  Speaker 1: Was now a frail, dying old man. Before he took
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  Speaker 1: his last breath, he called Solomon to his side, and
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  Speaker 1: he did not speak as a father, but as a king.
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  Speaker 1: I am about to go the way of all the earth.
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  Speaker 1: So be strong, show yourself a man, walk in obedience
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  Speaker 1: to the Lord your God, First Kings two, two to three.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon listened, But then David's voice darkened. There were loose ends,
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  Speaker 1: men who had betrayed David, men who had defied God.
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  Speaker 1: You know what Joab's son of Zuruwiah did to me.
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  Speaker 1: Deal with him according to your wisdom. But do not
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  Speaker 1: let his gray head go down to the grave in peace,
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  Speaker 1: and Shimeh, you must bring his blood down to the
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  Speaker 1: grave in judgment. David was handing Solomon more than just
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  Speaker 1: a crown. He was handing him a list of men
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  Speaker 1: who had to die. Then David closed his eyes, and
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  Speaker 1: Israel's greatest king breathed his last. With David gone, Solomon
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  Speaker 1: did what he had to do. First a donigia. Solomon
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  Speaker 1: had spared him once, but Adnejia wasn't done scheming. He
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  Speaker 1: made a move, a subtle, dangerous move. He went to Bathsheba,
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  Speaker 1: Solomon's mother. He asked her to request something from the king.
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  Speaker 1: Let me marry ab Shog, the young woman who cared
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  Speaker 1: for David in his final days. It sounded innocent, but
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  Speaker 1: Solomon saw it for what it was. This was a
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  Speaker 1: power play in ancient times. Taking the former king's concubine
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  Speaker 1: was a declaration of kingship, and Doonesia had not learned
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  Speaker 1: his lesson. Solomon did not hesitate. You have spoken this
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  Speaker 1: request against your own life, and with a single order,
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  Speaker 1: Adonija was struck down. The first rival was gone. Joab
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  Speaker 1: had been one of David's greatest generals, a man of war,
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  Speaker 1: a brilliant strategist, but also a man who killed without hesitation.
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  Speaker 1: He had murdered Abner, he had murdered a masser. He
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  Speaker 1: had supported Adonija's rebellion, and now his time had come.
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  Speaker 1: Like Adonesia, Joab fled to the altar. He grabbed on
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  Speaker 1: to it, refusing to leave, but Solomon gave the command. Beniah,
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  Speaker 1: Solomon's executioner, struck Joab down at the altar. The sins
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  Speaker 1: of the past were being wiped away in blood. Only
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  Speaker 1: one name remained on David's list. She May He had
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  Speaker 1: once cursed David, mocking him as he fled from Absalom's rebellion.
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  Speaker 1: David had sworn not to kill him then, but Solomon
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  Speaker 1: Solomon gave shimae a choice. Build a house in Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: live there, but if you ever leave the city, you
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  Speaker 1: will die. Chimae agreed. For three years he obeyed, but
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  Speaker 1: then he crossed the line. He left Jerusalem for a
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  Speaker 1: single night. Solomon kept his word. Shimaeh was executed, and
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  Speaker 1: with that Solomon's enemies were gone. The throne was secured.
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  Speaker 1: The time for bloodshed had ended. Now a new era
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  Speaker 1: was beginning. Solomon had proven he could be ruthless when necessary,
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  Speaker 1: but now he had to prove something far greater. Would
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  Speaker 1: he be a just king, a wise ruler, or would
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  Speaker 1: power consume him? The Golden Age of Israel was about
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  Speaker 1: to begin, and with it Solomon's greatest test. Solomon had
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  Speaker 1: secured the throne with blood, but power alone was not enough.
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  Speaker 1: A great king needs more than just strength. He needs wisdom,
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  Speaker 1: and Solomon was about to receive a gift from God
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  Speaker 1: that would make him legendary. It happened at Gibet. Solomon
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  Speaker 1: had gone there to offer sacrifices, and he did not
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  Speaker 1: hold back. A thousand burnt offerings were placed on the altar,
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  Speaker 1: a number so great, so extravagant, that all of Israel
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  Speaker 1: took notice. This was not just an act of worship,
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  Speaker 1: It was his statement. Solomon was seeking God's favor before
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  Speaker 1: he made any great moves as king. That night, as
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  Speaker 1: the smoke of the sacrifices still lingered in the air,
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  Speaker 1: Solomon fell into a deep sleep, and then it happened.
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  Speaker 1: God appeared to him in a dream. Ask for whatever
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  Speaker 1: you want me to give you. First Kings three five.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine that the creator of the universe standing before you,
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  Speaker 1: offering you anything. What would you ask for? Would you
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  Speaker 1: ask for money, power, or the destruction of your enemies.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon could have asked for wealth beyond measure, an empire
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  Speaker 1: that would never fall, or even immortality, but he didn't. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he said, I am only a little child and do
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  Speaker 1: not know how to carry out my duties. Give your
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  Speaker 1: servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to
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  Speaker 1: distinguish between right and wrong. First Kings three seven through nine.
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  Speaker 1: In other words, give me wisdom. He did not ask
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  Speaker 1: for riches. He did not ask for glory. He did
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  Speaker 1: not ask for revenge. He asked for understanding, and God
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  Speaker 1: was pleased. The heavens must have roared with approval because
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  Speaker 1: God did not just grant Solomon wisdom. He gave him everything.
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  Speaker 1: Since you have asked for this, and not for long
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  Speaker 1: life or wealth for yourself, I will do what you
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  Speaker 1: have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart,
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  Speaker 1: so that there will never have been any one like you,
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  Speaker 1: nor will there ever be. But that wasn't all. Moreover,
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  Speaker 1: I will give you what you have not asked for,
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  Speaker 1: both wealth and honor, so that in your lifetime you
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  Speaker 1: will have no equal among kings first Kings three eleven
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  Speaker 1: to thirteen. God poured out his blessings in full. Solomon
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  Speaker 1: would not just be the wisest king in Israel, he
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  Speaker 1: would be the wisest in all of history. But wisdom
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  Speaker 1: is not proven in words, it is proven in actions,
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  Speaker 1: and Solomon's first test was about to come. One day,
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  Speaker 1: two women came before the king, sobbing and screaming. They
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  Speaker 1: were both prostitutes living in the same house. Each had
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  Speaker 1: given birth to a son. But then tragedy struck. One
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  Speaker 1: of the women had rolled over in her sleep, accidentally
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  Speaker 1: suffocating her own child, and before dawn she did the unthinkable.
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  Speaker 1: She stole the other woman's baby and placed the dead
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  Speaker 1: child in her arms. When the more when light came,
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  Speaker 1: the horror set in. The mother of the living child screamed,
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  Speaker 1: this is not my baby. The other woman shouted back,
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  Speaker 1: Yes it is. There were no witnesses, no evidence, no
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  Speaker 1: way to prove who was telling the truth. The case
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  Speaker 1: was brought before Solomon. There was no way out of this,
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  Speaker 1: or so they thought. Solomon listened carefully, and then without hesitation,
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  Speaker 1: he gave a command that shocked the entire court. Bring
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  Speaker 1: me a sword. A sword. The guards stepped forward, placing
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  Speaker 1: a gleaming blade in the King's hand. The room fell
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  Speaker 1: into complete silence. Then Solomon spoke, cut the living child
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  Speaker 1: in two, give half to one woman and half to
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  Speaker 1: the other. The crowd gasped. This was insanity. But Solomon
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  Speaker 1: wasn't insane. He was watching because at that moment the
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  Speaker 1: real mother broke. She fell to her knees, weeping a please,
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  Speaker 1: my Lord, give her the baby. Don't kill him. But
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  Speaker 1: the other woman, she stood cold and heartless, Neither I
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  Speaker 1: nor you shall have him. Cut him in two. Solomon
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  Speaker 1: had his answer. He pointed to the weeping mother and said,
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  Speaker 1: give the baby to her. She is his mother. And
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  Speaker 1: at that moment all of Israel knew this was no
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  Speaker 1: ordinary king. This was the wisest ruler who had ever lived.
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  Speaker 1: The News of Solomon's judgment spread like wildfire. People whispered
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  Speaker 1: about the king who knew the truth when no one
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  Speaker 1: else did. His name carried power, wisdom, and fear, and
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  Speaker 1: his legend was only beginning. Because Solomon's wisdom was not
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  Speaker 1: just in justice, it was in knowledge, science, poetry, and leadership.
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  Speaker 1: He would soon write Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.
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  Speaker 1: He would speak three thousand proverbs and compose one thousand
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  Speaker 1: and five songs. He would study the mysteries of creation, plants, animals,
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  Speaker 1: and the deep secrets of nature, and kings from every
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  Speaker 1: corner of the world would come to hear the wisdom
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  Speaker 1: of Solomon. The kingdom had never seen such glory. But
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  Speaker 1: with wisdom comes power, and with power the temptation to fall.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon had been given everything, but would he hold on
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  Speaker 1: to it or would he let it slip away? The
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  Speaker 1: rise of Solomon had begun, but his greatest challenges were
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  Speaker 1: yet to come. Solomon had risen to the throne in wisdom, justice,
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  Speaker 1: and divine favor, but his rule would soon transcend anything
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  Speaker 1: Israel had ever seen. For the first time in history,
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  Speaker 1: Israel was not just a small kingdom in the Middle East.
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  Speaker 1: It was the wealthiest, most powerful, and most influential empire
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  Speaker 1: of its time. This was the Golden Age of Israel,
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  Speaker 1: and it was all because of one man. Before Solomon,
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  Speaker 1: Israel had been a nation fighting for survival. Under King Saul,
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  Speaker 1: it had been unstable, torn by battles with the Philistines
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  Speaker 1: and by its own king's paranoia. Under King David, Israel
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  Speaker 1: had conquered its enemies and established itself as a regional power.
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  Speaker 1: But under Solomon, Israel became an empire, no longer a
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  Speaker 1: kingdom just trying to survive, but a center of wealth, knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: and influence, unlike anything the world had seen before. What
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  Speaker 1: made Solomon different it wasn't his strength in war, It
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  Speaker 1: was his mastery of peace. Because where David had won
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  Speaker 1: battles with the sword, Solomon won them with diplomacy. Solomon
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  Speaker 1: understood something that most kings never did. War was expensive.
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  Speaker 1: Conquering nations required blood, resources, and years of struggle. But
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  Speaker 1: what if there was another way to rule the world.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of fighting nations, Solomon befriended them. Instead of conquering,
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  Speaker 1: he traded, and no kingdom in history had ever done
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  Speaker 1: it so successfully. Egypt, Tire, Arabia, and surrounding nations flooded
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  Speaker 1: Israel with gold, silver, and exotic goods. Solomon married princesses
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  Speaker 1: from powerful nations, securing political alliances that made Israel untouchable.
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  Speaker 1: Israel became a global trading hub, connecting the great empires
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  Speaker 1: of the ancient world, and the wealth that poured into
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  Speaker 1: Israel was staggering. It wasn't just land trade that made
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  Speaker 1: Israel rich. Solomon built a navy, one that rivaled even
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  Speaker 1: the fleets of Phoenicia and Egypt. His ships sailed far
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  Speaker 1: beyond the known world, reaching places as distant as India
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  Speaker 1: and Africa. The Bible even records that Solomon's ships returned
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  Speaker 1: with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks, luxuries that no
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  Speaker 1: other nation had seen. Israel had gone from a small
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  Speaker 1: kingdom in the desert to a naval superpower controlling international trade.
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  Speaker 1: This was something unthinkable for a nation that had once
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  Speaker 1: been enslaved in Egypt and yet under Solomon it became reality.
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  Speaker 1: With unlimited wealth flowing into his kingdom, Solomon embarked on
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  Speaker 1: a building project that would redefine Israel forever. First, the
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  Speaker 1: Temple of the Lord, the most sacred structure in Israel's history,
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  Speaker 1: built with cedars from Lebanon, gold from Opia, and the
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  Speaker 1: finest stones ever cut, a temple so majestic, so breathtaking,
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  Speaker 1: that it became one of the wonders of the ancient world.
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  Speaker 1: But Solomon didn't stop there. His royal palace was just
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  Speaker 1: as extravagant. He built fortified cities, aqueducts, public buildings, and roads,
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  Speaker 1: transforming Israel into a modern metropolis. And then there was
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  Speaker 1: his throne, a masterpiece of gold and ivory, lined with
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  Speaker 1: twelve lions leading up to his seat of power, a
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  Speaker 1: throne so magnificent that no other king on earth had
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  Speaker 1: anything like it. Solomon wasn't just ruling Israel, he was
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  Speaker 1: ruling civilization itself. Word of Solomon's greatness spread far beyond
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  Speaker 1: Israel's borders. One of the most famous visitors was the
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  Speaker 1: Queen of Sheba. She had heard the rumors, the stories
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  Speaker 1: of a king so wise, so powerful, and so wealthy,
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  Speaker 1: that his kingdom defied imagination, but she didn't believe it,
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  Speaker 1: so she came to see for herself. With a massive
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  Speaker 1: caravan of gold, spices, and precious stones, the Queen of
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  Speaker 1: Sheba entered Jerusalem expecting to find exaggeration. Instead, she was
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  Speaker 1: left speechless. I did not believe these things until I
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  Speaker 1: came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even
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  Speaker 1: half was told me. In wisdom and wealth, you have
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  Speaker 1: far exceeded the report I heard first Kings ten seven.
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  Speaker 1: She had never seen such wisdom, such riches, such power,
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  Speaker 1: and she had ruled an empire herself, the greatest rulers
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  Speaker 1: on earth. Came to sit at Solomon's feet, to hear
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  Speaker 1: his wisdom, to witness his empire. For a moment in time,
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  Speaker 1: Israel was the center of the world. But how long
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  Speaker 1: could it last? Because wealth and power are dangerous, and
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  Speaker 1: Solomon was about to learn that first hand. Solomon had
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  Speaker 1: it all wisdom, wealth, power, peace, But with great success
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  Speaker 1: comes great danger, because prosperity breeds complacency, power invites compromise,
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  Speaker 1: and Solomon, once the wisest king in history, was about
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  Speaker 1: to make the biggest mistake of his life. His kingdom
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  Speaker 1: was at its peak, but his heart was beginning to turn.
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  Speaker 1: He had built an empire, but now he was about
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  Speaker 1: to build his downfall. How did the greatest king in
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  Speaker 1: history lose everything? The answer is in the next chapter
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  Speaker 1: of Solomon's life. For centuries, Israel had worshiped God in
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  Speaker 1: a tent, a temporary tabernacle built in the wilderness under Moses.
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  Speaker 1: It was a sacred place, but it was never meant
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  Speaker 1: to be permanent. David, the great warrior king, had longed
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  Speaker 1: to build a house for God, a place where his
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  Speaker 1: presence would dwell forever. But David was a man of war,
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  Speaker 1: and so God told him, you have shed much blood
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  Speaker 1: and have fought many wars. You are not to build
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  Speaker 1: a house for my name. But your son, whom I
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  Speaker 1: will set on your throne, will build the temple for
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  Speaker 1: my name, First Chronicles twenty two, eight to ten. Now
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  Speaker 1: that moment had arrived, Solomon, the wisest, wealthiest king in
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  Speaker 1: Israel's history, was about to build something that would stand
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  Speaker 1: as a wonder of the anel world, a structure so magnificent,
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  Speaker 1: so unlike anything the earth had ever seen, that it
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  Speaker 1: would declare to all nations, this is the House of
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  Speaker 1: the almighty God. But the temple would not just be
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  Speaker 1: a building of stone and gold. It would be a
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  Speaker 1: test of Solomon's heart. Would he remain faithful to the
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  Speaker 1: God who had given him everything, or would the very
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  Speaker 1: wealth and power that built the temple become his greatest downfall.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon didn't waste a moment. The moment his kingdom was established,
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  Speaker 1: he began preparing to build the greatest temple in history.
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  Speaker 1: He summoned artisans from every land, bringing the finest craftsmen
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  Speaker 1: from Tire, Phoenicia and beyond. He recruited over one hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighty thousand workers, laborers, stonemasons, and metal workers to complete
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  Speaker 1: the project. The materials only the best of the best,
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  Speaker 1: cedar and cypress from Lefton, the finest wood in the world,
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  Speaker 1: massive stones, perfectly cut and polished, so precise they fit
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  Speaker 1: together without mortar, gold from o Fear, silver from Sheba,
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  Speaker 1: bronze from Egypt, wealth beyond comprehension. For seven years, the
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  Speaker 1: work continued, and when it was finished, there was nothing
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  Speaker 1: like it on earth. The dimensions alone were staggering ninety
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  Speaker 1: feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty five feet high
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  Speaker 1: one king six two. But the grandeur indescribable. The entire
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  Speaker 1: inner sanctuary was covered in pure gold, the yolta, the walls,
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  Speaker 1: even the floor, gold gold, and more gold. Massive cherubim
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  Speaker 1: fifteen feet high overshadowed the Ark of the Covenant, lavish decorations,
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  Speaker 1: carved palm trees, pomegranates, and intricate floral designs. Ten golden lampstands,
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  Speaker 1: ten golden tables, golden chains, golden doors. It was a
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  Speaker 1: palace fit for a king, but it was not for Solomon.
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  Speaker 1: This was God's house, a symbol of his presence on earth,
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  Speaker 1: and now it was time to dedicate it. After seven
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  Speaker 1: years of construction, the temple was complete. It was time
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  Speaker 1: for the most important moment in Israel's history. Solomon gathered
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  Speaker 1: all of Israel priests, elders, leaders, and thousands of worshippers. Then,
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  Speaker 1: in a grand procession, the Ark of the Covenant, the
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  Speaker 1: very throne of God on Earth, was carried into the
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  Speaker 1: most holy place. The people watched in silence, and then
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  Speaker 1: something happened. When the priests withdrew from the holy place,
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  Speaker 1: the cloud filled the Temple of the Lord, and the
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  Speaker 1: priests could not perform their service because of the cloud.
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  Speaker 1: For the glory of the Lord filled his temple First
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  Speaker 1: Kings eight ten to eleven a thick, radiant cloud. The
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  Speaker 1: very presence of God descended upon the temple, so powerful,
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  Speaker 1: so overwhelming, that even the priests had to stop what
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  Speaker 1: they were doing. God had come. At that moment, Solomon
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  Speaker 1: could have basked in his own glory, after all, he
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  Speaker 1: had built the most magnificent structure in history, one that
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  Speaker 1: no other king had ever dreamed of. But instead he
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  Speaker 1: knelt before God, before the entire nation. Solomon stretched out
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  Speaker 1: his hands and prayed, Lord, the God of Israel, there
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  Speaker 1: is no God like you. But will God really dwell
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  Speaker 1: on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven cannot contain you,
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  Speaker 1: how much less this temple I have built. First Kings
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  Speaker 1: eight twenty three twenty seven. Even in his greatest moment,
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  Speaker 1: Solomon knew this temple, as grand as it was, could
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  Speaker 1: never contain the fullness of God. But he asked for
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  Speaker 1: one thing. When your people prayed toward this temple, hear
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  Speaker 1: from heaven and forgive them First Kings eight thirty. And
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  Speaker 1: then fire fell from heaven. When Solomon finished praying, fire
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  Speaker 1: came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering, and
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  Speaker 1: the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the
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  Speaker 1: temple Second Chronicles seven one. The people fell on their faces, worshiping, shouting,
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  Speaker 1: and praising, and for a moment in time, Israel was
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  Speaker 1: exactly where it was meant to be, under the blessing
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  Speaker 1: and presence of God. As the celebration continued, God appeared
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  Speaker 1: to Solomon in a dream, and he gave a promise
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  Speaker 1: and a warning. I have heard your prayer and have
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  Speaker 1: chosen this place for myself as a temple of sacrifices.
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  Speaker 1: If my people, who are called by my name, will
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  Speaker 1: humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn
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  Speaker 1: from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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  Speaker 1: Second Chroniccles, seven fourteen. It was a promise of restoration
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  Speaker 1: that no matter what happened, if Israel turned back to God,
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  Speaker 1: he would forgive them. But then came the warning, but
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  Speaker 1: if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands
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  Speaker 1: I have given you, then I will uproot Israel from
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  Speaker 1: my land, and this temple will become a heap of rubble.
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  Speaker 1: Second Chronicles seven nineteen to twenty one. The people rejoiced.
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  Speaker 1: They couldn't imagine a day when Israel would turn away
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  Speaker 1: from God. But God already knew what was coming. And
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  Speaker 1: the question that hung in the air was this, Would Solomon,
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  Speaker 1: the king who had built the most glorious temple in history,
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  Speaker 1: stay faithful or would he be the very reason that
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  Speaker 1: temple would one day be destroyed? The answer would change everything.
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  Speaker 1: Word had spread across the world. The stories were impossible
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  Speaker 1: to ignore. A king unlike any other had risen in Israel,
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  Speaker 1: a man of unmatched wisdom, unimaginable wealth, and divine favor,
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  Speaker 1: A king so powerful that nations bowed before him, eager
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  Speaker 1: to trade and learn from his unmatched intellect. His name Solomon.
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  Speaker 1: And among those who heard these stories was a queen
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  Speaker 1: from a distant land, a woman of power, influence, and intelligence,
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  Speaker 1: a ruler who had everything. Yet still she needed to know,
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  Speaker 1: could the rumors be true? Is there truly a king
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  Speaker 1: who surpasses all others? She would not believe it until
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  Speaker 1: she saw it with her own eyes, and so the
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  Speaker 1: Queen of she But embarked on a journey that would
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  Speaker 1: change history. Sheba was no ordinary kingdom situated in the
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  Speaker 1: region of modern day Ethiopia or Yemen. It was a
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  Speaker 1: land of great wealth and influence, a center of trade
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  Speaker 1: for spices, gold, and exotic goods. The queen herself was
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  Speaker 1: a woman of immen dense power. She was not easily impressed.
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  Speaker 1: She had seen kings rise and fall, had been courted
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  Speaker 1: by rulers who sought alliances, had heard countless men boast
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  Speaker 1: of their riches and wisdom. But Solomon he was different.
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  Speaker 1: His wisdom was said to be divine, his riches were
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  Speaker 1: beyond comprehensions, and his god, the God of Israel, was
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  Speaker 1: unlike any other. She had to see for herself, and
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  Speaker 1: so she loaded her camels with treasures, gold, spices, and
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  Speaker 1: precious stones. She gathered her best scholars, scribes, and servants
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  Speaker 1: and set off on a treacherous journey across deserts and mountains,
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  Speaker 1: a journey that spanned nearly one thousand, five hundred miles,
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  Speaker 1: one of the longest and most dangerous expeditions of the
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  Speaker 1: ancient world. But she was determined, and when she arrived
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  Speaker 1: in Jerusalem, what she saw left her breathless. The moment
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  Speaker 1: she entered Solomon's court, she knew the rumors hadn't even
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  Speaker 1: come close to the truth. The palace was like nothing
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  Speaker 1: she had ever seen, a masterpiece of architecture, adorned with gold, ivory,
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  Speaker 1: and cedar from the finest lands. The air was filled
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  Speaker 1: with the scent of incense, a fragrance of wealth and power.
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  Speaker 1: The throne of Solomon a structure of pure gold inlaid
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  Speaker 1: with ivory, with twelve lions standing beside. It was the
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  Speaker 1: most magnificent royal seat on earth. And then there was
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  Speaker 1: Solomon himself, a man whose wisdom was evident even in
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  Speaker 1: his silence. His eyes held knowledge beyond his years, and
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  Speaker 1: when he spoke, even the Queen of Sheba, one of
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  Speaker 1: the most powerful rulers in history, was left speechless. She
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  Speaker 1: came to test Solomon with hard questions. But when she
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  Speaker 1: saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the house he had built,
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  Speaker 1: the food on his table, the seating of his officials,
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  Speaker 1: there was no more breath in her first kings ten
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  Speaker 1: one to five. For the first time in her life,
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  Speaker 1: she was outmatched, and she knew it. The Queen of
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  Speaker 1: Sheba had not come to admire gold. She had come
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  Speaker 1: to test Solomon to see if his mind was truly
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  Speaker 1: as sharp as they claimed. She brought riddles, mysteries, and
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  Speaker 1: problems so complex that they had baffled the wisest minds
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  Speaker 1: in her own court. She thought, surely he will falter,
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  Speaker 1: but he didn't. Every question she asked he answered effortlessly.
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  Speaker 1: Every riddle she posed he solved with ease. Every challenge
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  Speaker 1: she gave he conquered, and with each answer her awe deepened.
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  Speaker 1: This was no ordinary man, this was a king appointed
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  Speaker 1: by the divine. She finally spoke, the report I heard
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  Speaker 1: in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom
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  Speaker 1: is true. But I did not believe it until I
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  Speaker 1: came and saw with my own eyes in ded not
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  Speaker 1: even half was told to me. In wisdom and wealth,
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  Speaker 1: you have far exceeded the report I heard first Kings
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  Speaker 1: ten six to seven. And then she blessed the God
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  Speaker 1: of Israel, acknowledging that Solomon's greatness was not his own doing,
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  Speaker 1: but the work of a divine hand. This was more
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  Speaker 1: than admiration, It was recognition. The gods of Sheba could
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  Speaker 1: not compare, the kings of the earth could not rival him.
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  Speaker 1: The God of Israel was above them all. But the
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  Speaker 1: Queen of Sheba had not come empty handed. She had
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  Speaker 1: brought an offering fit for a king, one hundred twenty
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  Speaker 1: talents of gold, over four tons of pure gold, worth
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of millions in today's currency, countless spices and precious stones,
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  Speaker 1: treasures of the highest value, rare incense and perfumes, gifts
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  Speaker 1: worthy of a divine ruler. And Solomon he outgave her.
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  Speaker 1: He shallowered her with gifts even greater than what she
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  Speaker 1: had given him. For Solomon was not just a receiver
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  Speaker 1: of wealth, he was a giver, a king of abundance.
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  Speaker 1: The queen left Jerusalem not just richer in gold, but
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  Speaker 1: richer in wisdom. The Queen of Sheba's visit was not
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  Speaker 1: just an ancient diplomatic mission. It was a prophecy of
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  Speaker 1: the future generations. Later, Jesus Christ would reference her, saying,
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  Speaker 1: the Queen of the South will rise at the judgment
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  Speaker 1: with this generation and condemn it. For she came from
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  Speaker 1: the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom,
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  Speaker 1: and now something greater than Solomon is here Matthew twelve
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  Speaker 1: forty two. She had recognized true wisdom when she saw it.
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  Speaker 1: She had acknowledged the one True God. And yet many
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus time refused to recognize the ultimate king, the
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  Speaker 1: one greater than Solomon. Her story was a warning, would
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  Speaker 1: people to day recognize true wisdom or would they reject
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  Speaker 1: the king standing before them. Solomon was at the height
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  Speaker 1: of his power. His wisdom had drawn kings and queens
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  Speaker 1: from across the world. His wealth was unrivaled, but something
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  Speaker 1: was beginning to change. Because even the wisest man on
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  Speaker 1: earth can fall into foolishness, and the Queen of Sheba's
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  Speaker 1: visit it was one of the last great moments of
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  Speaker 1: Solomon's reign, before the slow descent into compromise, greed, and destruction.
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  Speaker 1: The question was would Solomon remain faithful to the God
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  Speaker 1: who gave him everything, or would he become the very
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  Speaker 1: king he was warned never to be. The next chapter
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  Speaker 1: of Solomon's life would reveal the answer. He had everything,
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  Speaker 1: wealth beyond imagination, wisdom that surpassed every ruler on earth,
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  Speaker 1: a kingdom that stretched farther than any Israelite king before
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  Speaker 1: or after him. For years, Solomon was unstoppable. He had
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  Speaker 1: built the Temple, expanded his empire, and earned the admiration
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  Speaker 1: of kings and queens across the world. But then he
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  Speaker 1: made one mistake, a mistake that would slowly, quietly, but
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  Speaker 1: inevitably destroy everything he had built, A mistake so seductive
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  Speaker 1: that it didn't feel like a mistake at all. Solomon
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  Speaker 1: didn't lose his kingdom through war. He didn't fall because
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  Speaker 1: of rebellion. He fell because of love, or at least
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  Speaker 1: what he thought was loved. Imagine a wedding. The groom
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  Speaker 1: stands tall, the bride is adorned in splendor. But this
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just one wedding, and this wasn't just one bride.
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  Speaker 1: Over the years, Solomon married seven hundred women, princesses from
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  Speaker 1: foreign lands. And if that wasn't enough, he had three
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  Speaker 1: hundred concubines, women who lived in his palace but were
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  Speaker 1: not fully recognized as wives. One thousand women. Why was
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  Speaker 1: it lust? Was it power? The answer was far more complicated.
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  Speaker 1: In the ancient world, marriages were about alliances. Kings didn't
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  Speaker 1: just marry for love. They married to secure peace, trade,
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  Speaker 1: and influence. And Solomon he was the master of diplomacy.
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  Speaker 1: If he married a pharaoh's daughter, Egypt wouldn't attack Israel.
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  Speaker 1: If he married a princess of Moab, he could secure
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  Speaker 1: their land and resources. If he married an Ammonite or
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  Speaker 1: Sidonian woman. Their kingdoms would become part of his network
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  Speaker 1: of power. Every wedding wasn't just a union. It was
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  Speaker 1: a strategy, a way to build a kingdom so powerful
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  Speaker 1: that no one could challenge it. It was smart, it
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  Speaker 1: was brilliant, and it was also his greatest mistake, because
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  Speaker 1: these women didn't just bring their beauty and riches into
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  Speaker 1: his palace. They brought their gods. God had been crystal
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  Speaker 1: clear about this. You must not in to marry with them,
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  Speaker 1: because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods
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  Speaker 1: first kings eleven two. God wasn't against love, he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: against marriage, but he knew what would happen. He knew
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  Speaker 1: that Solomon's heart wasn't as strong as he thought it was,
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  Speaker 1: and despite all his wisdom, Solomon ignored the warning. At first,
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  Speaker 1: it didn't seem like a big deal. He still worshiped Yahweh,
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  Speaker 1: he still made sacrifices in the temple. But then a
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  Speaker 1: small compromise here, a little tolerance there. A Moabite princess
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  Speaker 1: wanted to build a shrine to her god Kemosh, and
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  Speaker 1: Solomon allowed it. An Ammonite queen wanted to honor Molich.
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  Speaker 1: So Solomon built an altar. A Sidonian wife wanted to
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  Speaker 1: pray to Ash to Reth, and Solomon let it happen,
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  Speaker 1: and before long, Jerusalem, the Holy City of God, was
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  Speaker 1: filled with altars to foreign gods. The same Solomon who
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  Speaker 1: built the Temple of Yahweh was now building shrines for idols,
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  Speaker 1: and slowly, quietly but inevitably, his heart changed. It happened
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  Speaker 1: so gradually he didn't even notice. At first, he still
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  Speaker 1: prayed to God, but now he also prayed to Ashtareth.
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  Speaker 1: He still sacrificed in the temple, but now he also
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  Speaker 1: made offerings to Kimosh and Molech. How did it happen?
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: How did the man who wrote the Fear of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is the beginning of wisdom Proverbs nine ten become
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  Speaker 1: a king who worshiped idols. It wasn't sudden, It wasn't dramatic.
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  Speaker 1: It was one small compromise at a time, until one
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  Speaker 1: day Solomon, the wisest man on earth, was no longer
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  Speaker 1: wise at all. Solomon thought he was securing his kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: but his choices were actually tearing it apart. The God
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  Speaker 1: who had given him everything was now watching him give
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  Speaker 1: his heart to idols, and God had one final message
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  Speaker 1: for Solomon. Since this is your attitude and you have
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  Speaker 1: not kept my covenant, I will most certainly tear the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom away from you. First kings eleven eleven, not in
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  Speaker 1: his lifetime, but in his sons. Because what Solomon built,
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  Speaker 1: his son would destroy. This isn't just ancient history. It's
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  Speaker 1: a warning. How many people start with passion for God
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  Speaker 1: only to drift away over time. How many leaders begin
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  Speaker 1: with integrity only to make small compromises that eventually destroy them.
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  Speaker 1: How many nations built on faith and righteousness slowly allow corruption, greed,
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  Speaker 1: and sin to take over. Solomon didn't fall over night.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't wake up one morning and decide to abandon God.
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  Speaker 1: It was slow. It was one small step in the
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: wrong direction, until one day he was so far from
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  Speaker 1: God that he didn't even recognize himself any more. And
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: that's the tragedy of Solomon. He had everything, but he
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  Speaker 1: lost the one thing that mattered most, his heart. Solomon
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  Speaker 1: was still king, He still had his throne, his riches,
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  Speaker 1: and his wisdom. But something was different. The blessings that
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  Speaker 1: had once flowed so freely were starting to dry up. Enemies,
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  Speaker 1: began rising against him. His kingdom was no longer at peace,
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  Speaker 1: and God had already spoken, I will tear the kingdom
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  Speaker 1: away from you. The golden age of Israel was coming
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  Speaker 1: to an end. The cracks were forming in the empire
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  Speaker 1: he had built, and soon they would shatter completely. The
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  Speaker 1: man who had everything was about to lose it all.
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  Speaker 1: The next chapter of Solomon's life would be the most painful.
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  Speaker 1: Yet would he turn back to God before it was
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: too late, or would he die a king who had
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  Speaker 1: forgotten his first love. Solomon's many wives were not just
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  Speaker 1: a political strategy. They were his downfall. Because sin never
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  Speaker 1: stays small, Compromise always leads to destruction, and when we
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  Speaker 1: give our hearts to anything other than God, we lose everything.
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  Speaker 1: The question is, are we making the same mistake to day?
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  Speaker 1: At the height of his power, Solomon had no equal.
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  Speaker 1: His wealth was unmatched, his wisdom was legendary. His kingdom
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  Speaker 1: was at peace, but power as a way of making
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  Speaker 1: men forget. Solomon had everything, yet he was about to
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  Speaker 1: lose it all. Not to war, not to rebellion, but
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  Speaker 1: to his own heart. Because while he built the most
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  Speaker 1: magnificent temple for God, he also built altars for gods
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  Speaker 1: that weren't real. He thought he was securing his kingdom. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he was signing its death sentence. And when God finally spoke,
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  Speaker 1: his message was clear, terrifying, and final. Because you have
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  Speaker 1: done this, I will surely tear the kingdom away from
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  Speaker 1: you first Kings. Eleven eleven, Solomon, the wisest man on earth,
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  Speaker 1: had become the greatest fool. Imagine the glory of Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: at its peak, the temple covered in gold, shimmering under
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  Speaker 1: the sun, the streets overflowing with merchants and treasures from
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  Speaker 1: across the world, the people living in peace and prosperity
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  Speaker 1: like never before. But beneath the surface, something was wrong,
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  Speaker 1: because hidden among the hills of Jerusalem another site had appeared. Altars, shrines,
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  Speaker 1: temples not for Yahweh, the God of Israel, but for Molik,
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  Speaker 1: for Astrareth, for Kemosh. Solomon, the king who had once
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  Speaker 1: prayed for wisdom, was now building temples for false gods.
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  Speaker 1: How did this happen? How did the man who wrote
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  Speaker 1: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom Proverbs
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  Speaker 1: nine ten end up worshiping idols? The answer was simple,
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  Speaker 1: compromised It started small. A Moabite princess asked to honor
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  Speaker 1: her gods. A Sidonian queen requested an altar to Astith,
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  Speaker 1: a wife from Ammon wanted to burn incense to Molich.
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  Speaker 1: And Solomon, the Great diplomat wanted to keep the peace,
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  Speaker 1: so he allowed it just one altar at first, then another,
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  Speaker 1: then another, and before he knew it, Jerusalem, the holy
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  Speaker 1: City of God, was filled with places of idle worship,
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  Speaker 1: and worst of all, Solomon himself began to take part.
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  Speaker 1: His wives turned his heart after other gods, and his
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  Speaker 1: heart was not fully devoted to the Lord, his God.
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  Speaker 1: First Kings eleven four, the king who had built the
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  Speaker 1: temple of Yahweh was now bowing before statues of stone.
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  Speaker 1: God had been patient, God had been merciful, but now
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  Speaker 1: God was angry, and when God is angry, kingdoms fall.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon had broken the very first commandment, you shall have
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  Speaker 1: no other gods before me Exodus twenty three. He had
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  Speaker 1: led Israel into sin, He had betrayed the covenant, and
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  Speaker 1: now judgment was coming. God appeared to Solomon one final time,
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  Speaker 1: and this time there was no blessing and no promise
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  Speaker 1: of wisdom, no reward, only a sentence. Since you have
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  Speaker 1: done this and have not kept my covenant, I will
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  Speaker 1: surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it
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  Speaker 1: to one of your subordinates. First Kings eleven eleven. The
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  Speaker 1: golden age of Israel was over. The kingdom would be divided,
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  Speaker 1: and it was all because of Solomon. But in one
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  Speaker 1: act of mercy, God made a promise for the sake
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  Speaker 1: of your father, David. I will not do this in
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  Speaker 1: your lifetime, but I will tear it out of the
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  Speaker 1: hand of your son, First Kings eleven twelve. Solomon wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: see the fall, but his son would, and what he
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  Speaker 1: had built would soon collapse. Not long after God's judgment,
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  Speaker 1: a man named Jeroboam entered the picture. He was a
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  Speaker 1: servant of Solomon, a strong leader, a man of great skill.
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  Speaker 1: And one day, as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, a prophet
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  Speaker 1: named Ahijah appeared, and Ahijah was holding a cloak. He
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  Speaker 1: took it off, and in front of Jeroboam, he tore
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  Speaker 1: it into twelve pieces. Then he looked at him and said,
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  Speaker 1: take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the
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  Speaker 1: Lord says. I am going to tear the kingdom out
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  Speaker 1: of Solomon's hand, and give you ten tribes first kings
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  Speaker 1: eleven thirty one. Israel would be split. Ten tribes would
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  Speaker 1: follow Jeroboam. Only one tribe, Judah, would remain for Solomon's son, Rehoboam.
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  Speaker 1: This was the beginning of the end, because after Solomon's death,
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  Speaker 1: his empire would be shattered up and to Solomon's kingdom
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  Speaker 1: is not just history. It is a warning, a warning
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  Speaker 1: to every leader, to every nation, that to every person.
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  Speaker 1: When you turn from God, judgment follows when you ignore
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  Speaker 1: his commands, consequences come. Look at history. How many great
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  Speaker 1: empires have risen to power only to fall Rome, Babylon, Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: All of them had power, all of them had wealth,
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  Speaker 1: but all of them forgot God, and in the end
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  Speaker 1: all of them crumbled. Solomon's fall is not just a story,
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  Speaker 1: It is a pattern. And the question is are we
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  Speaker 1: following the same path? Solomon had started his reign with wisdom,
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  Speaker 1: strength and blessing. He ended it in idolatry, weakness, and judgment.
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  Speaker 1: He had everything and he lost it all. Because it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter how you start, it matters how you finish,
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  Speaker 1: and Solomon finished poorly. The golden kingdom he built would
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  Speaker 1: not survive him, because when a leader forgets God, the
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  Speaker 1: nation falls with him. For forty years, Solomon ruled an
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  Speaker 1: empire of gold. For forty years, his name was feared
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  Speaker 1: and respected across the world. For forty years, he built, conquered,
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  Speaker 1: and expanded, turning Israel into the wealthiest and most powerful
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  Speaker 1: nation it had ever been. But now it was all
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  Speaker 1: slipping away. The man who once spoke with God now
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  Speaker 1: sat in silence. The king who had written about wisdom
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  Speaker 1: now lived in regret. The man who once had the
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  Speaker 1: favor of heaven was now a shadow of his former self.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon had everything, yet he died empty. How did it
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  Speaker 1: all come to this? How did the wisest king in
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  Speaker 1: history become the greatest cautionary tale? And in his final
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  Speaker 1: days did Solomon return to God? Or did he die
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  Speaker 1: separated from the one who made him great? Let find
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  Speaker 1: out the gold still gleamed in his palace, that the
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  Speaker 1: servants still bowed before him, the people still called him king.
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  Speaker 1: But deep inside Solomon knew his kingdom was falling apart.
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  Speaker 1: The very idols he had built for his foreign wives
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  Speaker 1: were now spread across Jerusalem. The God of Israel, whom
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  Speaker 1: he once honored was now just another name among many.
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  Speaker 1: The people whispered in the streets. What happened to our king?
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  Speaker 1: Where is the man who once wrote Fear of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is the beginning of wisdom? Solomon had everything a
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  Speaker 1: man could want, and yet, for the first time in
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  Speaker 1: his life, none of it satisfied him. He had seven
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  Speaker 1: hundred wives, yet felt alone. He had palaces beyond imagination,
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  Speaker 1: yet felt empty. He had riches beyond measure, yet felt
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  Speaker 1: poor in spirit. And in his final days he began
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  Speaker 1: to write. As Solomon reflected on his life, his heart
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  Speaker 1: grew heavy with regret. The great cities, the mighty armies,
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  Speaker 1: the gold and silver, none of it mattered any more,
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  Speaker 1: And so he picked up his pen and wrote the
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  Speaker 1: words that would define his final days. Meaningless, meaningless, Everything
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  Speaker 1: is meaningless Ecclesiastes One too, the king who had everything
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  Speaker 1: now saw it for what it really was, temporary. His
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  Speaker 1: words were not filled with pride or victory. They were
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  Speaker 1: filled with pain and remorse. I denied myself nothing my
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  Speaker 1: eyes desired. I refused my heart no pleasure. Yet when
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  Speaker 1: I surveyed all that my hands had done, everything was meaningless.
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  Speaker 1: A chasing after the wind Ecclesiastes two ten to eleven.
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  Speaker 1: The man who had it all now realized he had nothing,
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  Speaker 1: and for the first time in years, Solomon turned his
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  Speaker 1: eyes back to God. The Bible does not give us
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  Speaker 1: a direct answer to this question. We don't see a
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  Speaker 1: dramatic scene where Solomon falls on his knees and cries
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  Speaker 1: out for mercy. We don't read about him tearing down
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  Speaker 1: the altars of false gods before his death. But what
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  Speaker 1: we do have is the book of Ecclesiastes, a book
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  Speaker 1: that reads like the diary of a broken man, a
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  Speaker 1: king who had wandered far from God, yet in his
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  Speaker 1: final years, recognized his mistake. His final words in Ecclesiastes
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  Speaker 1: give us a glimpse of his final thoughts. Fear God
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  Speaker 1: and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty
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  Speaker 1: of man, for God will bring every deed into judgment.
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  Speaker 1: Ecclesiastes twelve thirteen to fourteen. The man who once built
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  Speaker 1: temples to idols was now saying, fear God, obey him.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing else matters. Did he repent before he died? We
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  Speaker 1: can't say for sure, but we know he realized his mistake.
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  Speaker 1: We know he understood the truth before it was too late,
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  Speaker 1: and in the end, perhaps that was his final gift
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  Speaker 1: to us, a warning, a warning that wisdom without obedience
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  Speaker 1: leads to destruction, a warning that wealth without God leads
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  Speaker 1: to emptiness, a warning that even the greatest among us
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  Speaker 1: can fall if we forget the one who gave us everything.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon's death should have been a peaceful transition of power,
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  Speaker 1: but instead it would mark the beginning of Israel's downfall.
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  Speaker 1: His son, reher Boem was ready to take the throne,
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  Speaker 1: but there was a problem. The people were tired, tired
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  Speaker 1: of the heavy taxes Solomon had placed on them, tired
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  Speaker 1: of the burdens of his extravagant building projects, tired of
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  Speaker 1: a kingdom that on the surface looked glorious but underneath
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  Speaker 1: was crumbling. And now they had one simple request for
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  Speaker 1: their new king. Lighten the heavy yoke your father put
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  Speaker 1: on us, and we will serve you first Kings twelve four.
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  Speaker 1: It was a test of leadership. Would Rehoboem listen? Would
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  Speaker 1: he rule with wisdom like his grandfather David, Would he
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  Speaker 1: rule with justice like his father Solomon once had? Or
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  Speaker 1: would he let pride destroy everything Solomon built? His decision
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  Speaker 1: would change history forever, and the kingdom Solomon spent a
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  Speaker 1: lifetime building would be divided in a matter of days.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon's story is not just history. It's a warning for
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  Speaker 1: to day. How many great leaders start strong only to
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  Speaker 1: fall to temptation. How many nations rise to power only
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  Speaker 1: to crumble from corruption. How many people chase wealth and
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  Speaker 1: pleasure only to find themselves empty and lost. Solomon's mistake
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  Speaker 1: was not in being wealthy, It was not in being wise.
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  Speaker 1: It was in forgetting the one who gave it all
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  Speaker 1: to him. And to day we must ask ourselves, are
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  Speaker 1: we repeating his mistake? Are we seeking wisdom but ignoring obedience?
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  Speaker 1: Are we chasing success but forgetting God? Because in the end,
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't matter how much we build, it doesn't matter
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  Speaker 1: how much we own. If we don't have God, we
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  Speaker 1: have nothing. Solomon's life ended not with a great triumph,
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  Speaker 1: but with a whisper of regret. He had once been
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  Speaker 1: the greatest king in the world, he had once held
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  Speaker 1: the favor of God himself, and yet his final days
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  Speaker 1: were spent in reflection, remembering what he had lost. And
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  Speaker 1: now his son Rehoboam was on the throne. Would he
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  Speaker 1: restore the glory of Israel, Or would his foolishness destroy
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  Speaker 1: everything Solomon had built? The answer would shake the nation
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  Speaker 1: to its core. For centuries, the name Solomon has been
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  Speaker 1: synonymous with wisdom, power, and wealth. He was the king
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  Speaker 1: who had it all, a man who spoke with God,
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  Speaker 1: ruled over a golden empire, and left behind some of
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  Speaker 1: the most profound writings in history. But Solomon was also
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  Speaker 1: a warning, a man who let wisdom become arrogance, a
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  Speaker 1: man who let power become a prison, a man who
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  Speaker 1: let wealth become his downfall. His legacies complicated. On one hand,
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  Speaker 1: he gave the world wisdom that has shaped generations. On
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  Speaker 1: the other hand, his failures shattered the very kingdom he built.
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  Speaker 1: So what does his story truly teach us? Is Solomon
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  Speaker 1: a hero or a tragedy? Let's uncover the full impact
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  Speaker 1: of Israel's richest king. At the height of Solomon's rule,
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  Speaker 1: Israel was at its peak. The kingdom stretched from the
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  Speaker 1: Euphrates River to Egypt. Foreign kings paid tribute just to
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  Speaker 1: be in Solomon's favor. Merchants from every corner of the
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  Speaker 1: world brought goods into his ports. The Temple of Yahweh
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  Speaker 1: was the most magnificent structure in the ancient world, and Israel,
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  Speaker 1: for the first and only time time in its history,
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  Speaker 1: was a superpower. Solomon's wisdom and diplomacy expanded Israel's influence
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  Speaker 1: beyond its borders. His strategic alliances, sealed through marriages, gave
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  Speaker 1: him control over trade routes. His navy, built with the
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  Speaker 1: help of the Phoenicians, dominated the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
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  Speaker 1: Gold from a fear, silver from Tarsish, and exotic goods
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  Speaker 1: from Africa and Arabia flowed into Jerusalem in unimaginable quantities.
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  Speaker 1: The world had never seen a king like him, and
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  Speaker 1: for a time, Solomon seemed unstoppable. But beneath the surface
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  Speaker 1: of all this prosperity, cracks were forming, cracks that would
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  Speaker 1: soon break the kingdom apart. Even as he ruled the
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  Speaker 1: most powerful kingdom on earth, Solomon never stopped writing. His
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  Speaker 1: wisdom wasn't just for Israel, it was for the world.
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  Speaker 1: His writings of shape generations, and they still do today.
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  Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the three books Solomon wrote
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  Speaker 1: and what they reveal about his rise, reign, and regrets.
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  Speaker 1: The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs one. Seven. Proverbs
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  Speaker 1: is a collection of wise sayings, lessons about life, morality,
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  Speaker 1: and success. This was Solomon at his best, the young king,
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  Speaker 1: full of God's wisdom, eager to guide his people toward righteousness.
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  Speaker 1: He teaches about hard work, honesty, humility, and justice. A
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  Speaker 1: gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs
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  Speaker 1: up anger. Proverbs fifteen one. Trust in the Lord with
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  Speaker 1: all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding
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  Speaker 1: Proverbs three five. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever
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  Speaker 1: hates correction is stupid. Proverbs twelve one. His words have
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  Speaker 1: been quoted by kings, presidents, and leaders for centuries. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the tragic part. As Solomon grew older, he stopped
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  Speaker 1: following his own advice. The wise king who warned against
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  Speaker 1: chasing wealth, he became obsessed with gold. The king who
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  Speaker 1: warned against lust and immoral women. He had seven hundred
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  Speaker 1: wives and three hundred concubines. The king who said to
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  Speaker 1: trust in the Lord alone, He built temples to false gods.
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  Speaker 1: His wisdom never left him, but his obedience did meaningless. Meaningless,
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  Speaker 1: everything is meaningless. Ecclesiastes one two. If Proverbs is Solomon
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  Speaker 1: at his peak, then Ecclesiastes is Solomon at rock bottom.
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  Speaker 1: Written in his final years, this book is his confession.
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  Speaker 1: The wealthiest man in history, he says wealth is meaningless,
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  Speaker 1: the most powerful king, he says power is meaningless, the
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  Speaker 1: wisest man on earth, he says wisdom is meaningless. And
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  Speaker 1: he had everything a man could ever desire. But at
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  Speaker 1: the end of his life he looked back and realized
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  Speaker 1: all of it was a chasing after the wind Ecclesiastes
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  Speaker 1: two eleven. And then he comes to his final conclusion
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  Speaker 1: of fear God and keep his commandments, for this is
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  Speaker 1: the whole duty of man Ecclesiastes twelve thirteen. This was
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: Solomon's final warning to us at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Success without God is empty, Wealth without God is worthless.
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  Speaker 1: Wisdom without obedience is foolishness. The final book Solomon wrote
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: is perhaps the most mysterious. Song of Solomon or Song
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  Speaker 1: of Songs, is a poetic love story. It describes the passion, romance,
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  Speaker 1: and commitment between a bride and groom. Many believe it
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  Speaker 1: symbolizes God's love for his people, But here's the irony. Solomon,
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  Speaker 1: the man who wrote the most beautiful love poem in history,
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: was a man who failed in love himself. His obsession
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 1: with women led him away from God. His many wives
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 1: led his heart astray, and in the end, the man
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  Speaker 1: who wrote about pure love was never satisfied by it.
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: Solomon's story doesn't have a happy ending. The wisest king
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: in history ended in disobedience. The richest man in history
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 1: ended in regret. The most powerful leader in Israel's history
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 1: left a kingdom on the verge of collapse. Why because
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 1: he stopped fearing God. He chased pleasure instead of righteousness.
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 1: He chose compromise over conviction, and in the end, all
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 1: of it was meaningless. The story of Solomon is not
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 1: just history. It's a warning for our time. How many
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 1: leaders start strong only to fall. How many people chase
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 1: wealth only to feel empty. Many of a sekh wisdom
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 1: but ignore obedience. Solomon's final message to the world was this,
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: fear God, obey his commandments. Nothing else matters Ecclesiastes twelve thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: His legacy is one of both greatness and failure. A
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  Speaker 1: king who had it all yet lost everything, A man
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  Speaker 1: who was gifted by God, yet forgot God, and to
• 1:03:24
  Speaker 1: day his story still speaks will we learn from him?
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 1: Or will we repeat his mistakes. With Solomon's death, his
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: son Rahoboam took the throne, but instead of learning from
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 1: his father's failures, Rehobum's pride and foolishness would destroy everything.
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: In just a few short years, the kingdom that Solomon
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: spent a lifetime building would be divided forever. Solomon's story
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: is a warning wrapped in a legacy. He was the
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: king who had it all, wisdom beyond measure, wealth beyond imagination,
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 1: and power beyond any ruler of his time. And yet
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 1: he lost everything not because of war, not because of
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: a foreign invasion, not even because of betrayal, but because
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 1: he betrayed himself, because he forgot God. He built the
• 1:04:15
  Speaker 1: grandest temple, but let his own heart become a shrine
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: for false gods. He wrote words of wisdom, but ignored
• 1:04:23
  Speaker 1: them in his own life. He ruled a golden empire,
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 1: but left behind a kingdom ready to collapse. Solomon teaches
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: us a painful truth. Success without faithfulness is just a
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 1: slow road to disaster. So as we close the chapter
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: on Israel's greatest king, we must ask ourselves. Are we
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 1: chasing wisdom but forgetting obedience? Are we pursuing success but
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 1: losing our souls in the process. Are we building legacies
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  Speaker 1: that will last or will they crumble the moment we're gone.
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: Because history proves one thing, even the greatest kingdoms will
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 1: fall if they are not built on God. With Solomon's death,
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 1: his son reher Boem took the throne, but unlike his father,
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 1: he had no wisdom. His pride and arrogance would shatter
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  Speaker 1: the kingdom. In just a few short years, the golden
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 1: Age of Israel was over and the age of division
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 1: had begun. Don't miss the next video as we uncover
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 1: how one king's foolishness destroyed everything Solomon built. If this
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