Tag Archives: Solomon
The ideal king –part 1
In the first book of Samuel, the people of Israel, who were divided into tribes, decided that they aspired to be like all the nations in their area, meaning they needed a king, as written in 1 Samuel 8:4-5- ” וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ, כֹּל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל; וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל-שְׁמוּאֵל, הָרָמָתָה. וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו, הִנֵּה אַתָּה זָקַנְתָּ, וּבָנֶיךָ, לֹא הָלְכוּ בִּדְרָכֶיךָ; עַתָּה, [...]
The women of King Solomon
Once upon a time, there was a great king…Son of David, king of Israel. He built the First Temple in Jerusalem .He was powerful and blessed by God with unique wisdom. He also had 700 wives and 300 mistresses….His name was King Solomon. “ וַיְהִי-לוֹ נָשִׁים, שָׂרוֹת שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת, וּפִלַגְשִׁים, שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת; וַיַּטּוּ נָשָׁיו, אֶת-לִבּוֹ.“ [...]
If I am embarrassed, what the bible will say?
Whenever I want to remember the time I was a little boy, embarrassed, innocent, naïve there are two stories in the scriptures that remind me this time. The first is the beginning days of Solomon when he was a lone after defeating all of his internal enemies in 1 Kings 2 by the help of [...]
The art of manipulation- Nathan the prophet
In the beginning of the book of Kings we are reading that King David is really old, the maidservant that his slaves sand him doesn’t help to recover from his coldness, and this are the days before the old king is giving his thrown to the new one. In this point after that Adonijah the [...]
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