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ISRAEL
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SOLOMON
Proverbs 1:1–7
Solomon’s Vast Wealth
1 Kings
Solomon owned a large palace as well as huge quantities of food and
livestock; he also owned the following:
12,000 horses 4:26
4,000 stalls for chariot horses 4:26
666 talents of gold received per year
(about 25 tons) 10:14
Ivory
and
gold
throne
10:18
540 talents of gold from Ophir and Sheba
(about 20 1/2 tons) 9:28; 10:10
500 gold shields 10:16–17
Fleet of trading ships
that brought him
gold, silver, ivory,
apes and baboons
10:22
Gold goblets;
all household
articles pure
gold
10:21
Revenues from
merchants, traders,
governors, Arabian
kings
10:15
Precious
stones
10:10
Large
quantities
of spices
10:10
Solomon was so wealthy that he made silver as common as stones! 10:27
SYNOPSIS
King Solomon ruled Israel during its golden age. He had great wisdom, given by God, but
he ultimately turned away from God into compromise with idolatrous practices. The last
to rule over a united kingdom, Solomon brought Israel to its height but unfortunately also
set it on the path toward ruin.
BACKGROUND
Solomon was conceived through David’s (see article, p. xxxx) union with Bathsheba (2 Sam-
uel 12:24–25). 1 Though he was David’s tenth son, Solomon became king of Israel when
his mother and the prophet Nathan intervened on his behalf shortly before his father’s
death. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king of Judah in Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:43;
see article, p. xxxx).
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