👑 1 Kings 4 : Solomon’s Wisdom and His Wealth and Splendor
(AI-generated image) 👑 1 Kings 4 : Solomon’s Wisdom and His Wealth and Splendor Chapter 4 highlights Solomon’s wisdom along with his wealth and splendor. Here are the points that stand out most. 📖 A Look Back at Chapter 3 King Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took his daughter as his wife. After a thousand burnt offerings, he received great gifts from God. Of the gifts of wisdom and of riches and glory, the wisdom he received was revealed to all the people. ① Abiathar (v. 4) Verse 4 records Abiathar as a priest, together with Zadok. However, 1 Kings 2:26-27 already states that Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood and sent him to Anathoth. So the list in chapter 4 may reflect the makeup of the early part of Solomon’s reign. ② The Twelve Officers (v. 7) Solomon appointed twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one had to provide for one month of the year. An organized system in which t...