Whenever
I remember King Solomon David, I wonder how well he managed to tune and
convince seven hundred women to marry him and three hundred others to
become his concubines. In this age, it is not even easy to approach a
woman, much more to convince her - Maybe you'll say that the times have
changed. However, the truth is that King Solomon was a very smart man. His smartness
was pronounced in his management of the one thousand women as seen in 1st Kings 11:1, without a
record of a single divorce, when many men still find it difficult to live
with only one woman as wife - not because women are troublesome👀.
It may be safe to say that his secret and ability to manage multiple women came from the wisdom and wealth God gave to him. He must have used the wisdom first to tell them that he is not equaled by any man, then use the wealth to manage and settle them evenly. Sadly, it is a widespread perception that women love money and have always been easily deceived by affluence and influence since Eve's story in Genesis 3:1.
For someone who wrote a good number of the contents in the book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and even the Songs of Solomon, I expected much more. SPecifically because SOlomon was a man who preached the importance of Obedience and as 1st Kings 11;2 puts it, the women were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. This is why I have multiple questions in my head. Could Solomon be truly said to be wise since his wisdom could not discern and resist these foreign women from turning his heart away from God who gave him both wisdom and wealth? Who is smarter, King Solomon David or his foreign wives and concubines?
If you have any answers, you may place them in the comments, but truth be told - If you use your God given talents anyhow, you should pay for it. Solomon rightly puts it in Proverbs 3:7 saying, Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.
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Great one Mr Nelson! Well, I believe that treasures can be lost when we aren't subtle while handling them. That's what the adversary want anyway. He's not too bothered about man getting treasures from God. He is really bothered about man keeping the treasures and using them well. Although, man's idea isn't enough to preserve the treasures. Subjection to the creator of them is ideal.
ReplyDeleteThis is very helpful. Subjection to the creator is ideal.
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Nice one @Nelson, Solomon was known to be the wisest king in the bible,two factors made him stand out among kings,the first one is the choice he made (out of everything he could ask from God,he asked for wisdom),the second is his relationship with God,but he couldn't resist the foreign women which affected him,if not because of his wisdom I don't know how a man could manage seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines,I believe no one is perfect except God, so mistakes is inevitable, He ruled with the wisdom of God, and justices was made for all.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. No one is perfect except God. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 😀
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