2:19 Solomon’s mother, Bathsheba, was his Queen, not any of his wives! This was true for virtually all of the kings of Judah that followed Solomon. Hence, Mary as Queen of Heaven.
5:15-8:21 Our churches should be beautiful inside and out: people will be drawn to God by their beauty, and by the devotion and commitment of worshippers it takes to build them.
Solomon had it all: Money, wisdom, power-yet he planted the seeds of his nation’s demise, primarily by marrying foreign wives and placating them by building temples to their “gods.” He ultimately slipped into idolatry himself.
(11:4) (It’s tough enough to raise a faithful Catholic family when BOTH parents are Catholic. Why make it more difficult by marrying outside the faith?)
Solomon hit the “trifecta” of prohibitions for the King, spelled out in Deuteronomy 17:16-17 -too many “horses”, “wives”, and “silver and gold.”
They diverted his attention from God.
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