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FALL OF KING SOLOMON.
LESSON Xl, FOURTH QUAH-.'. IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, c.. IS.
Text of tho Lesson Kings i, i13-Com-
init Verses 9-1t-G oldcn Text, Cor.
y, documentary by tho
Rev. u. NJ. Stearns.

compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per |
mission of IL. s. Hoffman, publisher, Philadcl |
phia
4. at came to pass when Solomon was old, |
that his wives turned away his heart after |
other gods.n As to the things of this world, |
on which the hearts of people in all ages have |
been SO firmly set, Solomon was filed with |
them. Riches and honor he enjoyed to the
full and all the pleasures that wealth could |
purchase. Eccl. ii, l0) No vessels of silver |
were used in his house Dit was plentiful ms |
stones and was thought nothing of, all were
of gold; he exceeded all the kings of the
earth for riches and for wisdom, and all the
earth sought the face Of Solomon to hear his
wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Chap. X, 2l-24l But King solomon loved
many strange women Of che nations, concern
ing which the Lord had forbidden Israel to
have anything to do with them (see V. =,
and Deut. vii, 3, a., aud these turned away
his heart. as God bad snid they would.
His heart was not perfect with the Lord
hi. God, rs was the heart Of David, his IA
thern He had at the dedication of the tenn
pie, urged the people to let their hearts he
perfect with the Lord their God that all peo-
pie Of the earth might know that jehovah is
God and that there snone else CHAP. viii, 60,
GU; but now through these many wives of his
his own heart is gone.
}. "SOlomon went after Ashtorcth,
and after Milcum.' These were idols of the
zidoniaus and Anmonit"s, whose worship
was accompanied with abominaule rites; but
as Solomon had taken wives from these ma
tions, and they had probably goue with him
to the telupc TO see the worship of his God,
they now persuade HIM to sot up also their
idols which they had been accustomed 10
worship; and as he had sinucd in taking
these wives, he now sins yet more to crafty
them. The same thing is seen today when a
Christian is married to one not a Christian.
g. And Solomon did evil in the sight of
the Lord He did evil IN the sight Of men,
he did evil against himself, hut the greatness
of his sin was the fact that it was against
God He was the Lords representative, and
he, of all men, should have been faithful to
Jehovah who had so blessed him above all
men.
Z, S. "Thon did Solomon build an high
place for ChcmO-h y and Likewise
did he for all hi, strange wives" Thus add
ing sin to sin, the more evil associates we
have. the more sin We are likely to commit
and if we put ourselves uudor the least obi
cation to an ungujiy person we cannot well
deny them favor when they ask it, even
though we know it Is wrong t. grant it.
Q 1.-The Lord was angry with solomon
SO We read that Jehovah was angry with
Moses and Aaron and Israel Q)eut. iv. u: tx. 8,
20: II Iii. xvii. lN): and that while lie is slow
to anger and great in mercy. Yet there is a
day coming when it VIII be III for those who
orI NOT hid in fine Ho.l, Of Ace, lyah,m
q Xa,, ii y .,
His heart was turned from the Lord God
of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice"
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