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From Dan to Beersheba- Part 2
When Absalom, David’s son- whose name means the father of peace or your father will have peace – went to war with his father, King David, he needed an advice on what to do. The answer of one of his advisers, Hushai, was, as we read in 2 Samuel 17:11- “כִּי יָעַצְתִּי, הֵאָסֹף יֵאָסֵף עָלֶיךָ כָל-יִשְׂרָאֵל מִדָּן [...]
Peace or war in the Solomon’s kingdom?
When most of the people think about King Solomon, they imagine the wisest king in the world, the king who built the first temple, the king whose name significance’ is “his peace”. Unfortunately, the reality in The Scriptures, is telling us something else. Yes, my friends, if you will read the verseswhich comes now, you [...]
10 things you need to know about King Solomon
1) He was the second son of King David and Bathsheba. 2) Yedidia (“friend of God”) is the name that Nathan the prophet gave to King Solomon when he was born, as we read in 2 Samuel 12:24-25- וַיְנַחֵם דָּוִד, אֵת בַּת-שֶׁבַע אִשְׁתּוֹ, וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶיהָ, וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִמָּהּ; וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן, ויקרא (וַתִּקְרָא) אֶת-שְׁמוֹ שְׁלֹמֹה, וַיהוָה, [...]
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Peace or war in the Solomon’s kingdom? – Part 2
In 1 Kings 11, we meet a different Solomon. In this chapter, we are aware of the obvious fact, that even the wisest king on earth could do sins as written in 1Kings 11:4- וַיְהִי, לְעֵת זִקְנַת שְׁלֹמֹה, נָשָׁיו הִטּוּ אֶת-לְבָבוֹ, אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים;” “ וְלֹא-הָיָה לְבָבוֹ שָׁלֵם עִם-יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו, כִּלְבַב דָּוִיד אָבִיו “For it came [...]