# Solomon: Avenging the Righteous - The Book of 1 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 13 Nov 2023, 14 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 86. Join Solomon as he becomes the king following his father David's wise advice. This story teaches us about the importance of listening to wise instructions and carrying them out for the good of the kingdom. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[0:00] Speaker 1: Hi, Julia here. Before we begin today's episode of Kids
[0:04] Speaker 1: Bible in a Year, I have a special message for
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[0:14] Speaker 1: they can listen too. This episode contains content that may
[0:19] Speaker 1: spark questions for your little one. The end of David's
[0:22] Speaker 1: life is filled with messes. So the next few episodes
[0:25] Speaker 1: will cover some hard topics requiring intentional follow-up conversations. We
[0:31] Speaker 1: have done our best to make this podcast best for
[0:34] Speaker 1: the kiddos while also remaining biblically faithful. But we also
[0:39] Speaker 1: recognize that if you're going to read the Bible, subjects
[0:42] Speaker 1: like these are bound to pop up. They are a
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[1:03] Speaker 1: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments and live.
[1:09] Speaker 1: Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget and don't deviate from
[1:15] Speaker 1: the words of my mouth. Don't forsake her and she
[1:19] Speaker 1: will preserve you. Love her and she will keep you.
[1:24] Speaker 1: Dear God, all of the wisdom in the world is
[1:27] Speaker 1: found in you. Thank you for the wise people that
[1:31] Speaker 1: you've placed in our lives. Help us to listen for
[1:35] Speaker 1: wise advice and follow the plans you have for us.
[1:40] Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord, for the life of David and everything
[1:44] Speaker 1: we've learned from reading his story. Give us a heart
[1:49] Speaker 1: like his. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
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[2:29] Speaker 3: Solomon, avenging the righteous. In our last story, Adonijah exalted
[2:36] Speaker 3: himself as the king, but David made sure to anoint
[2:40] Speaker 3: Solomon as king. In this story, David will give instructions
[2:45] Speaker 3: to Solomon As he begins to rule as king. And
[2:48] Speaker 3: he will carry them out. Inspired by First Kings.
[2:57] Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joya Sadler. Thanks for joining me today
[3:00] Speaker 1: for the Kids Bible in a Year podcast. Can you
[3:03] Speaker 1: believe it? Today we end our time with David. After
[3:08] Speaker 1: 40 years as king. He dies and leaves the throne
[3:13] Speaker 1: to his son Solomon. But before he goes, he has
[3:17] Speaker 1: some final words. Let's listen together.
[3:24] Speaker 3: When King David was about to die, he asked his
[3:27] Speaker 3: son for a special request. David said to Solomon, David
[3:35] Speaker 3: said this to Solomon so that he may be a
[3:38] Speaker 3: great king and prosper. David continued, The man named Joab
[3:44] Speaker 3: killed two commanders of Israel. The worst part is Joab
[3:49] Speaker 3: killed them during peaceful times, not a war, Solomon.
[3:54] Speaker 2: Use your wisdom to bring justice to Joab.
[3:59] Speaker 3: He must not be allowed to die peacefully, and he
[4:02] Speaker 3: must pay for his crimes. David had more to add
[4:07] Speaker 3: to his request. He continued. Also, I showed Shimi mercy
[4:14] Speaker 3: But after I showed him mercy, he called down curses
[4:18] Speaker 3: on me. Solomon, use your wisdom to bring justice to Shimei.
[4:24] Speaker 3: He also cannot be allowed to die peacefully. Not long
[4:29] Speaker 3: after David told his son Solomon all these things, David died.
[4:34] Speaker 3: After ruling Israel for 40 years, David was buried in
[4:39] Speaker 3: Jerusalem with his ancestors, and Solomon took over the throne.
[4:44] Speaker 3: Solomon had an older brother named Adonijah. Adonijah went to
[4:49] Speaker 3: Solomon's mother, Bathsheba, and asked her, Will you do me
[4:53] Speaker 3: a favor? Israel expected me as their king. I understand
[4:57] Speaker 3: my younger brother Solomon is king. I want to marry Abishag,
[5:02] Speaker 3: our father David's nurse. I need Solomon's permission to marry her.
[5:07] Speaker 3: And I want you to ask Solomon for me. You
[5:10] Speaker 3: are his mother, and he will not refuse you. Adonijah
[5:15] Speaker 3: wanted to marry Abishag because that may help him win
[5:18] Speaker 3: over the kingdom of Israel from Solomon. When Solomon's mother
[5:22] Speaker 3: Bathsheba told Solomon about Adonijah's request, Solomon was furious. Solomon
[5:28] Speaker 3: knew Adonijah wanted to marry Abishag because Adonijah wished to
[5:33] Speaker 3: take over the kingdom, and marrying Abishag would help with
[5:37] Speaker 3: his takeover. Solomon ordered a man named Benaiah to kill Adonijah.
[5:43] Speaker 3: and Benaiah obeyed. Adonijah also had the support of the
[5:47] Speaker 3: high priest and Joab, the man Solomon was planning on killing.
[5:53] Speaker 3: King Solomon removed the high priest from his job. Before
[5:58] Speaker 3: Solomon could kill Joab, Joab fled because he knew he
[6:01] Speaker 3: was being targeted. Joab fled to the tent of the
[6:05] Speaker 3: Lord and hid there. Joab was hoping they would not
[6:08] Speaker 3: kill him in that place because of how special it was.
[6:13] Speaker 3: When Benaiah arrived, he told Joab to get out. Joab refused,
[6:19] Speaker 3: and he told Benaiah he would stay and die in
[6:22] Speaker 3: that spot. Benaiah returned to Solomon and told him what
[6:27] Speaker 3: Joab said. Solomon commanded Benaiah, Joab murdered two commanders who
[6:34] Speaker 3: were more righteous than himself. God will repay Joab for
[6:38] Speaker 3: his crimes. And by killing Joab, the kingdom of David
[6:41] Speaker 3: will have peace. Benaiah, kill Joab. Benaiah obeyed Solomon and
[6:48] Speaker 3: returned to the same spot where Joab was still hiding.
[6:52] Speaker 3: Benaiah killed Joab and buried him. There was one person
[6:58] Speaker 3: left Solomon had to deal with. Solomon called for Shemi,
[7:03] Speaker 3: and Shemi came to Solomon. He said to Shemi, You
[7:07] Speaker 3: cursed my father. after he showed you mercy. Build yourself
[7:11] Speaker 3: a home in Jerusalem and never leave. If you leave Jerusalem,
[7:16] Speaker 3: you will be killed. Shemi agreed with Solomon and thought
[7:21] Speaker 3: his punishment was fair. After three years, Shemi broke the agreement.
[7:27] Speaker 3: Solomon told God he would repay Shemi for all the
[7:30] Speaker 3: evil he has done, and he ordered Benaiah to kill Shemi.
[7:35] Speaker 3: Benaiah obeyed Solomon. And he murdered Shimei. Solomon completed his
[7:41] Speaker 3: father's request and was firmly established as the king of Israel.
[7:52] Speaker 1: It's a new day in Israel. Solomon is now established
[7:56] Speaker 1: as king and David's life has come to an end.
[8:00] Speaker 1: What a life it was. Do you remember some things
[8:04] Speaker 1: we learned from David's life? Here are a few. We
[8:08] Speaker 1: learned that man cares about the outside and what we
[8:12] Speaker 1: look like, but God cares about our hearts.
[8:16] Speaker 2: And how we act.
[8:17] Speaker 1: We learned that even our biggest giants are nothing when
[8:22] Speaker 1: it comes to the strength we find in God. With him,
[8:26] Speaker 1: we can do anything. We learn that even when it
[8:30] Speaker 1: feels like everyone and everything is against us, we have
[8:34] Speaker 1: a hiding place in God.
[8:36] Speaker 3: He is our refuge.
[8:38] Speaker 1: And we learn that when we sin and mess up,
[8:42] Speaker 1: we need to confess it to God, and He can
[8:45] Speaker 1: make our hearts clean again. And so much more. I'm
[8:51] Speaker 1: thankful for the lessons of David's life, and I'm even
[8:54] Speaker 1: grateful for his mistakes. Do you know why? Because I
[8:58] Speaker 1: make mistakes too, every day. Seeing how David got back up,
[9:04] Speaker 1: made things right, and followed God again gives me hope
[9:10] Speaker 1: that I can do the same. And it reminds me
[9:14] Speaker 1: that God can use anyone to bring about his perfect plans.
[9:19] Speaker 1: It's never too late to be who you're supposed to be.
[9:24] Speaker 1: Even a little shepherd boy But didn't look very strong.
[9:29] Speaker 1: Even someone who sinned really badly.
[9:33] Speaker 3: Anyone.
[9:34] Speaker 1: Let's ask God today to give us a heart like David. Okay,
[9:40] Speaker 1: so today's story opened with David having a special talk
[9:44] Speaker 1: with his son Solomon. Solomon had an important job ahead
[9:48] Speaker 1: of him as king. And David knew a lot about that.
[9:54] Speaker 1: Right away we see the wisdom in Solomon. He wanted
[9:57] Speaker 1: to listen to his father's advice because he knew it
[10:01] Speaker 1: would help him be a better king. He didn't think
[10:05] Speaker 1: he knew it all. He didn't say, okay, dad, you're
[10:09] Speaker 1: just getting pretty old and I don't need you anymore,
[10:12] Speaker 1: your advice. No, he did not say that. He listened
[10:16] Speaker 1: and he followed. And when we read the book of Proverbs,
[10:20] Speaker 1: written mainly by Solomon, we hear this command repeatedly. Listen
[10:26] Speaker 1: to your father's advice. Remember what your mom said. If
[10:33] Speaker 1: you have parents or adults in your life that follow God,
[10:36] Speaker 1: listening to what they say can make you wise too.
[10:41] Speaker 1: People who are older and have lived a lot of
[10:43] Speaker 1: life know things that younger people haven't learned yet. So
[10:48] Speaker 1: listening to what they say brings you wisdom. It might
[10:52] Speaker 1: even save you from many mistakes. Whenever you learn to read,
[10:58] Speaker 1: you can also read the Bible. And the Bible is
[11:02] Speaker 1: God's letter to us. That also helps us know what
[11:06] Speaker 1: to do and how to have wisdom. In Proverbs 4,
[11:10] Speaker 1: Solomon says something very important. He says, And if you
[11:18] Speaker 1: have wisdom, you'll be safe. Knowing the right thing to
[11:23] Speaker 1: do and when to do it can protect us from
[11:27] Speaker 1: a lot of harm. But perhaps the best advice David
[11:31] Speaker 1: gave to Solomon was when he said, Obey everything God
[11:37] Speaker 1: tells you to do. He told Solomon that if he
[11:40] Speaker 1: would just listen to God, he would be a great
[11:43] Speaker 1: king and find success. And, as we'll see soon, he
[11:49] Speaker 1: was right. David told Solomon what to do about some
[11:54] Speaker 1: of the men who had not been faithful to God.
[11:58] Speaker 1: And not too long after that, David died after ruling
[12:02] Speaker 1: Israel for 40 years. Now, if you could ask David
[12:07] Speaker 1: one question when you get to heaven, what would you
[12:10] Speaker 1: ask him? I think I would ask exactly how small
[12:15] Speaker 1: was that pebble that killed Goliath. Thanks for listening. Next time,
[12:21] Speaker 1: we're going to talk about more wisdom. In fact, we're
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[12:30] Speaker 1: ever lived. Any guesses who that may be? Remember, the
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