The defining legend of Solomon was his great wisdom, gifted by God. Some wise proverbs were eventually attributed to Solomon and for those the Jews certainly loved Solomon. However, the proverbs attributed to him appear to have been of Egyptian or post-Exilic origin. There is no evidence that any proverbs that really belonged to Solomon have come down to the present day. On that evidence, the Jewish reverence for Solomon was misplaced.
Among other reasons, yes. The Israelite kings conducted the nation and made decisions in most national matters. The fact that the nation was so prosperous and happy in his time (1 Kings 4:20) demonstrates that Solomon fulfilled this role in a praiseworthy manner.
In addition, each Israelite king was expected to be the leading judge of his generation, as the young Solomon stated explicitly (1 Kings 3:7-9). This is why he asked God for wisdom, which God granted. The famous case narrated in that chapter of Kings is recorded because it was one of the first that Solomon adjudicated, and because the people were so impressed (1 Kings 3:28). There is no question that he went on to use his vast wisdom (1 Kings ch.5) in other cases of judgment.
During Solomon's lifetime, there weren't any complaints.
Of course, Solomon was a human being and no human is free from sin or error (Ecclesiastes 7:20).
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Out of the 5 qualifications God gave the Israelites, they only share one: they are both from the tribe of Judah.
"Though they walked in sin, at times, the Israelites were still loved by the Most High.""The history and time-lines of the Israelites are not always easily understood."
Answer 1Solomon was loved, not hated. He brought the Israelite nation to its greatest era of success, and built the First Temple.There was a complaint or two, but they were relatively minor matters during Solomon's lifetime.Answer 2By and large, Solomon was beloved by his population. However, there were some elite individuals in the Israelite aristocracy that he banished or exiled becuase they disagreed with his politics, especially as concerned taxes. This would come to destroy the United Israelite Monarchy when Solomon's son Rehoboam succeeded him and these exiles were able to collude with Solomon's former general Jeroboam to separate into two states.
700.1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter-Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
Jedidiah - the name given to Solomon by God in the Old Testament. I think Amy can mean loved by God too.
Solomon was appointed to be King by God in a dream in which God offered to give him something to help. Solomon asked for wisdom to be a good king. God was pleased that he did not ask for anything selfish such as wealth or to live a longer life, so God blessed him with those things also.But Solomon turned away from wisdom and from God by having a lot of wives from all over the world and building altars to his wives' gods, which the first commandment I am the living God, you shall have no other gods, violated.God has not forbidden multiple wives specifically, but the situation is RARELY GOOD and USUALLY HARMFUL. (As it was not good for Solomon)
In Song of Solomon, it is referring to the Shulamite woman whom Solomon loved. Jesus has been likened to the flower (the exact species of which is unknown but may have been a Cistus - it definitely was not a rose as we know it) because of His beauty and healing qualities.
To the Hebrews, the release from slavery proved that God was protecting them. They believed that they been set free because God loved them.Answer:It marked the beginning of the Israelites as a separate nation, it indebted us to God; and it was the prologue to the Giving of the Torah.
Because he loved sex.
Because he loved the sport. Because he was really good. Becaused he loved the sport. HE LOVED IT.
Diva's chevaliers are Amshel, Jam, Carl and formerly Solomon. Apparantly he loved Saya and decided to leave Diva for that reason
The court of Israelites is so important because it the male court and the fact is that it was the only court that had a good view of the sacrifices being made in the court of priests. In the time of Jesus, they thought that God loved men more than women so their prayers counted more than female ones. hey separated the courts because they didn't want any distractions sexually or otherwise.