The dark spot on Solomon’s reputation
Solomon loved women, foreign women, women who didn’t love God (1 Kings 11:1).
God warned Solomon not to associate with unbelieving women; but he chose to love them anyway (1 Kings 11:2).
As predicted, these unsaved women turned Solomon away from God (vs 4-8).
The LORD was angry with Solomon for his sin, and He announced that the kingdom would be divided (vs 9-14).
God raised up two adversaries to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite (vs 8:14), and Rezon (vs 8:23).
When God announced that the divided kingdom would be in the hands of Jereboam, Solomon himself made Jereboam his adversary (vs 8:40).
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