Outline seven failures of King Solomon
Outline seven failures of King Solomon (7mks)
- He disobeyed his father's instruction to obey his father only
- He worshiped idols/pagan gods
- He married many foreign wives who brought with them many foreign gods to Israel
- He allowed his foreign wives to worship their gods
- He build high places of worship for the gods of his wives
- He imposed heavy taxation on his subjects in order to maintain his large army
- He overspent and misused the wealth of the kingdom by building a huge palace
- He introduced forced labor to carry out his building programs
- He gave an area of Israel to the king of Tyre to pay off his debt
- He had a large army and trusted in chariots and political alliances
- He relied on political alliances through royal marriages instead of trusting in God
- He committed murder by killing his half brother
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