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2) His relations _with Egypt_; in coe, a bold departure fros 3 1)

Probably Psalm 45 ritten upon this event 3) _With Arabia_, the land bordering on the southern end of the Red Sea (1 Kings 10 1-10, 14, 15) 4) _With India_, which is probably referred to in 1 Kings 9

26-28 5) _With Spain_, probably s= 1) Of these the greatest, the s 6 1) With this building notice: (_a_) The courts and open square, with an inner court inside for the priests only (2 Chron 4 9) (_b_) The porch (2 Chron 3 4) (_c_) The holy place (2 Chron 3 8; 1 Kings 6 17) (_d_) The holy of holies (1 Kings 6 19, 20) (_e_) The chas 6 5, 6)

2) _His own palace_, situated south of the temple precincts, in the district called Ophel Its nas 7 1, 2) 3) _His fortified cities_ (1 Kings 9 17-19) 4) _His aqueducts_, so of Israel ever built so many public works as did Solon of Soloreat results of evil in the after years

1) That which led to all his other sins was _foreign s 11 1-4) These were the natural and inevitable result of his foreign relations, and were probably effected for political reasons as well as to add to the splendor of his court 2) His _toleration of idolatry_, perhaps actual participation in it (1 Kings 11 5-8) We cannot over-estimate the harm of Solomon's influence in this direction

At once it allied him with the lower and evil elements in the nation, and lost to him the sympathy of all the earnest souls[H] 3) Another of Solomon's sins, not naends of the East, was his _devotion to reatin practices forbidden by the law of Moses (Lev 19 31; Deut

18 10, 11)

II =GENERAL ASPECTS OF ISRAEL IN THE REIGN OF SOLOMON=

1 =It was a period of peace= For sixty years there were no wars This gave opportunity for development, for wealth, and for culture

2 =It was a period of strong governy was ended, and now all the life of the nation was gathered around the throne All the tribes were held under one strong hand; tribal lines were ignored in the governs 4

7-19); every departanized

3 =It was a period of wide empire= It was Israel's opportunity for power in the East; for the old Chaldean empire had broken up, the new assyrian ee of rulers and eak For one generation Israel held the supremacy in the Oriental world

4 =It was a period of abundant wealth= (1 Kings 3 12, 13; 4 20; 10

23, 27) The sources of this wealth were: 1) The _conquests_ of David, who had plundered many nations and left his accumulated riches to Solomon (1 Chron 22 14-16) 2) The _tribute_ of the subject kingdos 10 25) 3) _Coypt, Arabia, Tarshi+sh, and Ophir, in ancient tiovernypt and Tyre passed through Solo the land 4) There were also _taxes_ laid upon the people (1 Kings 4 7; 12 4) 5) The erection of _public buildings_ must have enriched many private citizens and made money plenty

5 =It was a period of literary activity= The books written during this epoch were Samuel, Psalms (in part), Proverbs (in part), and perhaps Ecclesiastes and Solos of Solos 4 32, 33)

III =DANGERS OF THE PERIOD= There was an Arabian tradition that in Solonawing it asunder So there were elements of destruction under all the splendor of Solo= David had maintained the theocratic constitution of the state; Solomon set it aside and ruled with absolute power in all departs 8 22, 54, 64); he abolished tribal boundaries in his adnored both priests and prophets, and concentrated all rule in his own person

2 =The fornificent teeous ritual, but none of the warmth and personal devotion which characterized the worshi+p of David The fervor of the Davidic psale

3 =Luxury and corruption of morals= These are the inevitable results of abundant riches and worldly association We do not need the warnings in Prov 2 16-19; 5 3-6, etc, to know that a flood of immorality swept over Jerusalem and Israel

4 =The burden of taxation= With a splendid court, an ih prices and high taxes; the rich growing richer rapidly, the poor becon sho heavy and unendurable these burdens grew

5 =Heathen custon peoples caement, and all the abominations connected with it

Jeroboas 12 28) if Solomon had not already patronized idol-worshi+p

6 Underlying all was the old =tribal jealousy= of Ephrais 11 26), ready to break out in due time, and to destroy the en of Soloe

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=I Rei Sol= 1 Cl thr 2 Acc 3 E 3) Ar 4) Ind 5) Sp 5 Buil 1) Tem 2) Pal 3) For cit 4) Aque 6 Sins 1) For