So in Shelomoh’s old age, his wives did turn his mind away after other gods. His mind became not perfect with Yahweh his God like the mind of David his father. Shelomoh followed Shameful Ashtar the god of the Tsidonites and Milkom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Shelomoh did what was bad in Yahweh’s eyes and did not fully follow Yahweh like David his father. Shelomoh built a shrine for Kemosh the abomination of Mo’ab on the mountain that’s facing Yerushalaim, and for the Shameful King, the abomination of the Ammonites. He did so for all his foreign wives who were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods. Yahweh showed himself angry with Shelomoh because his mind turned away from Yahweh the God of Yisra’el who had appeared to him twice 1and had given him orders about this thing, not to follow other gods. He didn’t keep what Yahweh ordered. Yahweh said to Shelomoh, ‘Since this has been with you, and you haven’t kept my pact and my decrees which I ordered you, I will tear the kingdom right away from you and give it to your servant. Yet in your days I won’t do it, for the sake of David your father; from the hand of your son I will tear it away. Only, the entire kingdom I will not tear away; one clan I will give to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Yerushalaim, which I chose.’
Goldingay, John. The Bible for Everyone . SPCK. Kindle Edition.
O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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