How God
sees People
Lesson XV
Solomon –
the Carnal Man
March 11, 2007
Introduction
Solomon’s background - unusual
Solomon’s beginning - exceptional
Solomon’s buildings- beautiful
I
Look back over Solomon’s Reign as King of Israel
2 Samuel
1
Kings 3:3 Solomon loved the Lord
1
Kings 3:5 The Lord appeared to him
1
Kings
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Kings
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Kings
1
Kings
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Kings 8:63 Solomon gave great offerings to the Lord
1
Kings 9:2-3 The Lord appeared to Solomon
a second time
1
Kings 10:1,23,24
Solomon became very famous
1 Kings
.
II Solomon’s Backslidings and Blunders
1 Kings 11:1
“but” begins a new phase
of his life.
He loved Strange, that is Gentile women, all enemies of
1
Kings 11:2 Solomon had been warned
cf
Joshua 23:12 cf 2 Corinthians 6:14
1
Kings 11:3 700 wives, 300 concubines-
political alliances
Ecclesiastes 2:17.18
he hated life
1
Kings 11:4 when old, his wives turned away his
heart
1
Kings 11:5 names the gods he served
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Kings 11:6-7 did evil in the sight of the Lord
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Kings 11:9-10 the Lord was angry because of the
idolatry
1
Kings
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Kings 11:14, 25 the Lord stirred up adversaries
against Solomon.
III Conclude
Next
week we shall give you the reasons why Solomon ended life so poorly