No but he wanted to give them their own method of worshiping God Where did Jeroboam set up his temples and golden calves? The authorities that exist have been established by God. (Romans 13:1). 1 Kings 11:40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam oMy eyes and my heart will be there for all time. The Deuteronomists literary framework, which is placed around the account of each kings reign, offers a grand redactional scheme by means of which nearly all N kings are charged with the perpetuation of Jeroboams sins until all Israel had been seduced from allegiance to Yahweh (Mullen 1987). Distraught, the king asked the prophet to pray to God to heal his arm. But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 11:1-8 There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human depravity in the sacred Scriptures, than that here recorded. 43And Solomon gslept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. 42 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel . But instead of obeying God, Jeroboam led Israel astray into blatant rebellion against him. Solomon sought the efore to kill Jeroboam. I explained the burden as both economic, physical and cultural. Scholars debate whether this meant Jeroboam established two capitals (one on each side of the Jordan River), but Shechem was his primary base of operations. Would you ever say "eat pig" instead of "eat pork"? However, precedent had already been set. So the unseen hand of God is the final answer to this question. Sometime later, Abijah, the young son of Jeroboam, became very ill. But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as But Solomon made certain mistakes that caused the resurgence of this tribal rivalry. 23God also raised up as an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master oHadadezer king of Zobah. Why did King Solomon want to kill Jeroboam? Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites -- For it was so, when Solomon was 1 Kings 12:31 and 2 Chronicles 11:1317 tell us that as part of his plan to reduce dependence on Jerusalem, Jeroboam appointed his own priests, who werent Levites. 23Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the yrest of the people, 4mYour father made our yoke heavy. Article Images Copyright , 5 Key Lessons from King Jeroboams Bible Story. The prophet did so, and the king was again able to move his arm. Solomon contributed to this by not placing the Son of Pharaoh's daughter on the throne. 27And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as tthe sycamore of the Shephelah. The history of Israels kings is no exception. 12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, oCome to me again the third day. Did Jeroboam want to turn his people totally away from God? The tribe of Ephraim descended from Josephs son by the same name. 27 And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
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