THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON 1 Kings 11:1 "That uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul." - MILTON, Paradise Lost. "Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin by these things?" - Nehemiah 13:26 "That they might know, that wherewithal a man sinneth, by th... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1 "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2 "At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe, Till, sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spr... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND 1 Kings 11:14 "He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." - Galatians 6:8 SUCH degeneracy could not show itself in the king without danger to his people. " _ Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi._ " In the disintegration of Solomon's power and the gen... [ Continue Reading ]