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Jehovah Makes Solomon Wise1 KINGS 2:10–6:1; 11:1-40; 1 CHRONICLES 22:6-16

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KING DAVID HAD GROWN OLD. HE KNEWTHAT HIS SON SOLOMON WOULD LATERBECOME KING OF ISRAEL.

SOLOMON,PLEASE WALK

WITH ME.

YES,FATHER.

SOLOMON,JEHOVAH WANTSYOU TO REPLACE

ME AS KING.

IT’S NOTEASY TO BE KING.

JEHOVAH WANTS YOU TOBUILD A MAGNIFICENT

HOUSE FOR HIM,

BUT IT WILL BEA LOT OF WORK.

YOU WILL NEED TOBE WISE.

FATHER, I’MTOO YOUNG ANDINEXPERIENCEDTO BE KING.

ASK JEHOVAHFOR WISDOM ANDOBEY HIM. HE WILLGIVE YOU WHAT

YOU NEED.

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DAVID DIED AFTER RULING FOR40 YEARS. SOLOMON BECAMETHE NEW KING OF ISRAEL.

SOLOMON WENT TO GIBEON TOOFFER SACRIFICES TO GOD.

AFTER NIGHT FELL,JEHOVAH APPEARED TOSOLOMON IN A DREAM.

ASK WHAT YOUWOULD LIKE METO GIVE YOU.

PLEASE GIVEME AN OBEDIENTHEART TO JUDGE

YOUR PEOPLE AND TOMAKE DECISIONS.

I WILL GIVE YOUNOT ONLY WISDOM AND

UNDERSTANDING BUT ALSORICHES AND GLORY.

REMEMBER TO OBEYMYCOMMANDMENTS.

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SOLOMON BECAME WISER THAN ANY OTHERKING ON EARTH. WITH JEHOVAH’S HELP, HE . . .

JUDGED DIFFICULT CASES.

UNDERSTOOD HOW PLANTSGREW AND ANIMALS BEHAVED.

COMPOSED3,000 PROVERBS.

TRADED WITH MERCHANTSFROM MANY DISTANT LANDS.

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CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS IN JERUSALEMAND CITIES IN OTHER PARTS OF ISRAEL.

WROTE 1,005 SONGS.

WELCOMED RULERS FROMFAR AWAY WHO WANTED TOHEAR HIS GREAT WISDOM.

BUILT A TEMPLE TOWORSHIP JEHOVAH.

BUT SOLOMON BECAME UNWISEIN ONE IMPORTANT WAY . . .

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HE DISOBEYED JEHOVAH.

SOLOMON MARRIED WOMEN WHODID NOT SERVE JEHOVAH, AND HEBEGAN TO WORSHIP THEIR GODS.

AS HE DREW AWAY FROM JEHOVAH,SOLOMON BECAME CRUEL AND HARSH.

THEN THE PEOPLE BEGAN TOREBEL AGAINST SOLOMON.

SOLOMON WAS STILL KING. BUT HE HADHURT JEHOVAH, AND SOLOMON WASUNHAPPY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THIS STORY?

HOW DID SOLOMON BECOME WISE?CLUE: 1 KINGS 3:7-9, 12.

WHAT DID SOLOMON NEED TO DO TOSUCCEED AS KING?CLUE: 1 KINGS 3:14.

WHAT MUST ALL PEOPLE, EVEN THOSEWHO ARE CLEVER, DO TO BE TRULYHAPPY?CLUE: ISAIAH 48:17, 18.

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