Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 10:26
We are either all in or we are out. There’s no in-between faith.
Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 10:26
- The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the LORD has told you.
Deuteronomy 17:16‍ - He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord.
1 Kings 11:3
Fitting in faith doesn’t work. We can’t be friends with the world or flirt with its fullness.
- Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:2
This world is not our home. We shouldn’t copy its customs, instead live opposite of them.
- For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.Â
Hebrews 13:14 (ESV) ‍ - You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:4 (ESV) ‍ - Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
1 John 2:15-17 (ESV)Â
Twenty tons is equal to 666 talents. Hmm.
Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold.
1 Kings 10:14
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