# Solomon's Fall from God - The Book of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 16 Nov 2023, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 89. Explore the story of Solomon, a wise king, as the Queen of Sheba visits him to see if the stories about his wisdom are true. Join them on an adventure, and discover what happens when Solomon's heart faces challenges and becomes divided. 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: Solomon did that which was evil in the Lord's sight,
[0:04] Speaker 1: and didn't go fully after the Lord, as David his
[0:09] Speaker 1: father did. 1 Kings 11 6 Dear God, we give
[0:15] Speaker 1: you our hearts today. We want you to have all
[0:19] Speaker 1: of us, not just part of us. Help us to love, follow,
[0:23] Speaker 1: and obey you today. Show us things in our lives
[0:27] Speaker 1: that might be pulling us away from you. and are
[0:31] Speaker 1: not good for us. You alone are all we need.
[0:35] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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[1:14] Speaker 3: Solomon's Fall from God In our last story, Solomon built
[1:20] Speaker 3: the temple and made it absolutely beautiful. In this story,
[1:26] Speaker 3: after hearing so many reports about Solomon, The Queen of
[1:29] Speaker 3: Sheba will come and visit to test Solomon. Also, we
[1:35] Speaker 3: will learn how Solomon's heart will become divided, as inspired
[1:40] Speaker 3: by 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles. Hi, friends.
[1:47] Speaker 1: It's Joya Sadler here for another story from God's Word.
[1:52] Speaker 1: Thanks for being here for the Kids Bible in a
[1:55] Speaker 1: Year podcast.
[1:57] Speaker 3: Okay.
[1:57] Speaker 1: So I have some bad news and I have some
[2:00] Speaker 1: good news. The bad news is that Solomon's heart turns
[2:04] Speaker 1: away from God in today's story. The good news is
[2:08] Speaker 1: you and I can learn a lot from his mistake.
[2:13] Speaker 1: So let's listen in and see why the wisest man
[2:17] Speaker 1: in the whole world, King Solomon, isn't so wise anymore.
[2:26] Speaker 3: There was a nation called Sheba, and the queen had
[2:29] Speaker 3: heard about Solomon's fame. The queen was interested in seeing
[2:34] Speaker 3: if everything she heard about Solomon was true. She also
[2:38] Speaker 3: knew that he worked closely with God, and she wanted
[2:41] Speaker 3: to ask difficult questions to see if Solomon was the
[2:45] Speaker 3: wisest man ever. She left to go to Jerusalem, the
[2:49] Speaker 3: capital city of Israel, with many servants and a high
[2:53] Speaker 3: number of presents. spices, precious stones, and gold. When the
[2:58] Speaker 3: Queen of Sheba arrived, she began to ask King Solomon
[3:02] Speaker 3: her list of difficult questions. No matter how hard her
[3:06] Speaker 3: question was, Solomon was able to answer and explain it. Eventually,
[3:11] Speaker 3: the Queen ran out of questions because Solomon answered them all.
[3:15] Speaker 3: She was amazed at Solomon's wisdom, and she was overwhelmed
[3:20] Speaker 3: by the beauty of his kingdom. She noticed that everything
[3:24] Speaker 3: including his servants, his palace, and the temple, were all
[3:29] Speaker 3: unlike anything she had ever seen before. She said to Solomon,
[3:34] Speaker 3: The rumors about you are true. Now that I have
[3:37] Speaker 3: seen it for myself, I do believe. How happy everyone
[3:41] Speaker 3: must be, and how delighted God must be with you, Solomon.
[3:46] Speaker 3: Praise God! The queen gave Solomon all the gifts she brought,
[3:51] Speaker 3: and Solomon gave her everything and anything she desired. Then
[3:56] Speaker 3: she returned home with her servants. Every year, Solomon was
[4:01] Speaker 3: receiving large amounts of gold through trading and selling.
[4:04] Speaker 2: He also received gold as a gift every year.
[4:08] Speaker 3: Solomon made everything that he could with gold, or put
[4:12] Speaker 3: gold in it or on it, such as his palace. weapons, clothing,
[4:16] Speaker 3: and many more things. Solomon had so much gold that
[4:21] Speaker 3: silver became worthless. King Solomon was the richest and wisest king,
[4:27] Speaker 3: and every year people came to learn from the wisdom
[4:30] Speaker 3: that God had given him. Everyone who visited him would
[4:34] Speaker 3: bring a gift. Solomon had a weakness, though. Solomon had
[4:39] Speaker 3: a wife, but Solomon also loved many other women. These
[4:45] Speaker 3: other women did not worship or follow God. These other
[4:49] Speaker 3: women believed in false gods and did terrible things. God
[4:54] Speaker 3: had warned the people of Israel not to marry these
[4:57] Speaker 3: other people because those people would convince Israel to follow
[5:01] Speaker 3: the false gods. Despite God's warning, Solomon loved the other women.
[5:07] Speaker 3: He married 700 other women and had 300 concubines, which
[5:13] Speaker 3: are mistresses. As Solomon grew older, his wives kept leading
[5:18] Speaker 3: him further away from God. They convinced Solomon to follow
[5:23] Speaker 3: their gods and to build altars for their gods. When
[5:29] Speaker 3: Solomon obeyed his wives, God was displeased with the evil
[5:33] Speaker 3: Solomon committed. Eventually, God became angry with Solomon because Solomon
[5:39] Speaker 3: stopped following and obeying God. God had appeared to Solomon twice,
[5:44] Speaker 3: and had helped Solomon as a king. Sadly, Solomon's heart
[5:49] Speaker 3: and love were not for God anymore. God said to Solomon,
[5:55] Speaker 3: Because you have disobeyed me, and you have stopped following
[5:58] Speaker 3: your father's way, your kingdom will be torn apart. You
[6:03] Speaker 3: are following false gods, marrying multiple women, and you have
[6:07] Speaker 3: not followed your father's advice. Only a small part of
[6:12] Speaker 3: the kingdom will remain because of the promise I made
[6:16] Speaker 3: David your father. Because Solomon fell from God, there was
[6:22] Speaker 3: no longer protection from God. Israel's enemies rose up against Solomon,
[6:28] Speaker 3: and there was no longer peace in Israel. Solomon tried
[6:32] Speaker 3: killing and defeating some of his enemies, but they fled.
[6:36] Speaker 3: His enemies hid until Solomon died. When Solomon passed away,
[6:41] Speaker 3: he was buried in Jerusalem. Solomon's son, Rehoboam, became the
[6:47] Speaker 3: new king of Israel.
[6:54] Speaker 1: Oh no, here we go again. As you can tell,
[6:58] Speaker 1: things have changed since we were last together. Today's story
[7:03] Speaker 1: opens with a queen visiting Jerusalem to see if everything
[7:08] Speaker 1: she had heard about King Solomon was true. Did he
[7:12] Speaker 1: actually have that much gold? Was the kingdom really that beautiful?
[7:18] Speaker 1: And most importantly, was he truly the wisest king to
[7:22] Speaker 1: ever live? After investigating, she found out the answer was
[7:27] Speaker 1: a big, loud yes. And she wasn't the only one.
[7:32] Speaker 1: The Bible tells us that many kings came to learn
[7:36] Speaker 1: from Solomon's wisdom and brought him costly gifts and treasures.
[7:42] Speaker 1: Pretty much every minute someone was telling Solomon how amazing
[7:46] Speaker 1: he was. But here's the problem. When people always tell
[7:51] Speaker 1: you how great you are, how wise you are, and
[7:54] Speaker 1: how much you deserve nice things, it becomes very hard
[7:59] Speaker 1: for you to trust God. Do you know why? Because
[8:03] Speaker 1: you start to think that you don't really need God.
[8:06] Speaker 1: You begin to think that you have everything inside of
[8:09] Speaker 1: you to do great things and nothing can harm you.
[8:14] Speaker 1: And it seems like that's what happened to Solomon. As
[8:17] Speaker 1: we heard in the story, Solomon had a wife he loved.
[8:22] Speaker 1: But then he started loving other women too. Bad idea
[8:26] Speaker 1: number one. But then what made things even worse was
[8:31] Speaker 1: that these women worshipped false gods and idols, which God
[8:36] Speaker 1: warned his people against many times. And even though Solomon
[8:41] Speaker 1: knew God wanted him to stay away from these women
[8:45] Speaker 1: who worshipped false gods, he was feeling so big and
[8:50] Speaker 1: important that he decided he could start making his own rules. Now,
[8:55] Speaker 1: I am quite sure you've learned by now When we
[8:58] Speaker 1: stop doing things God's way and start doing things our way,
[9:03] Speaker 1: it never works out well. Once these women convinced Solomon
[9:08] Speaker 1: to worship false gods, his heart started moving further from
[9:13] Speaker 1: the one true God until he was no longer following
[9:17] Speaker 1: him at all. The love in his heart no longer
[9:21] Speaker 1: belonged to God. And if you remember, God had been
[9:25] Speaker 1: telling Solomon all along That as long as he kept
[9:29] Speaker 1: obeying and following him, he would keep blessing Solomon. But
[9:35] Speaker 1: as soon as he stopped following God, God would have
[9:39] Speaker 1: to take away the kingdom. And he did. A small
[9:43] Speaker 1: part of the kingdom remained, but Solomon was no longer
[9:47] Speaker 1: under God's protection. Let's think about it this way. Imagine
[9:52] Speaker 1: Solomon under a big giant umbrella in the midst of
[9:56] Speaker 1: a raging storm. When he stands under the umbrella, he's
[10:00] Speaker 1: standing under God's protection by loving and obeying God. But
[10:06] Speaker 1: as soon as he stops obeying God and does things
[10:09] Speaker 1: his own way, he steps outside of the umbrella. And
[10:13] Speaker 1: what happens when you get out from under the umbrella
[10:17] Speaker 1: during a rainstorm? you get drenched. In the same way,
[10:23] Speaker 1: we have a giant umbrella over us representing God's protection too.
[10:28] Speaker 1: By loving and obeying God, we can stay in His
[10:31] Speaker 1: hands and out of the chaotic world. That means away
[10:36] Speaker 1: from craziness. Psalm 91, 1-2 says this, He who dwells
[10:44] Speaker 1: in the secret place of the Most High will rest
[10:47] Speaker 1: in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to
[10:51] Speaker 1: the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my
[10:55] Speaker 1: God in whom I trust. But wait, does obeying God
[11:01] Speaker 1: mean that nothing bad will ever happen? Um, no. Because
[11:06] Speaker 1: of that big giant problem we call sin. But we
[11:11] Speaker 1: do know that when we are under God's umbrella of
[11:14] Speaker 1: protection and living in His ways, nothing happens to us
[11:20] Speaker 1: that he can't handle. And he's always, always, always on
[11:26] Speaker 1: our side. Today's story ends with Solomon's son, Rehoboam, is
[11:31] Speaker 1: crowned as king. We'll get to know him more next
[11:35] Speaker 1: time and hear about a big split. Not a banana split,
[11:40] Speaker 1: but a kingdom split. So be sure to come back
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