Points To Ponder 08/14/2013
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POINTS TO PONDER:
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It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed; the deeper they burn. - Robert Southey.
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BIBLE QUIZ:
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Old Testament/Stories of Solomon (I Kings 11:1 ff)
. . . But king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with
the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians,
and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children
of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto
these in love. And he had ________ hundred
wives, princesses, and ________ hundred
concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. For it came to pass, when
Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his
heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his
father. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and
after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. And Solomon did evil in the
sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab , in the hill that is before Jerusalem , and for Molech,
the abomination of the children of Ammon. And likewise did he for all his
strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. And the LORD
was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel ,
which had appeared unto him twice, And had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD
commanded. Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of
thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to
thy servant. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy
father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. . . . .
How many wives and concubines did Solomon
have?
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