Days 137-138 ~ 2010

Originally posted in a forum in 2010 - this post may contain links which are no longer valid, if you find a non-working link, please let me know and I will attempt to find a replacement or make a correction as necessary.

Days 137-138

Solomon's Fame - Levy of forced labor - 1 Kings 9:20-23, 15; 2 Chronicles 8:7-10

Building of the cities - 1 Kings 9:16-19; 2 Chronicles 8:4-6

Offer Burnt Offerings - 1 Kings 9:25; 2 Chronicles 8:12-16

Solomon's prosperity includes ships and gold - 1 Kings 9:26-28; 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chronicles 8:17-18; 2 Chronicles 9;21

Visit of the Queen of Sheba - 1 Kings 10:1-13; 2 Chronicles 9:1-12

Revenue and splendor - 1 Kings 10:14-25; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 2 Chronicles 9:13-24

Chariots, horsemen and traffic - 1 Kings 4:26; 1 Kings 10:26-29; 2 Chronicles 1:14-17; 2 Chronicles 9:25-28

Extent of the Kingdom - 1 Kings 4:21-26

Visitors from everywhere - 1 Kings 4:34

Wisest man on earth - 1 Kings 4:29-32; Psalm 88, 89

*~*~*~* Wiser than Ethan (permanent), Heman (faithful), Chalcol (sustenance) and Darda (pearl of knowledge) *~*~*~*

1 Kings 4:32 and he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. ~ And we only got 31? Can you imagine what the others must have said...how cool would that be if they were written down and available.

Proverbs - Wisdom exalted - wisdom needed by young men - 1:1-19

*~*~*~* This passage below shows that Father knew Israel would ask for a king and what he was supposed to be doing...several of the key items were NOT to add wives and NOT to increase horses...oops I think I have those two items backwards...AND he was supposed to be writing a copy of the law and READ it daily that he might LEARN to fear the Lord. *~*~*~*

Deu 17:14-20 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

So Bride of Christ...how well do we stack up to the requirements...obviously we are not multiplying horses or wives (or husbands), but are we 'copying' the Word? Reading and meditating on it daily? Can you imagine if saints actually wrote down the Word of God daily...how much would we remember and internalize. How much more intimate would we be with HIM. **sigh** O' that our hearts desire was for more intimacy with the one who loved and gave ALL for us.