~28 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then...
~28 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go...
Click here to go back to Part 3 Preparation for Advent Part 4 ~20 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from...
Preparation for Advent Part 3 Click here to go back to Part 2 ~10 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, besides that which came from the explorers and from the...
Click here to go back to Part 1 Preparation for Advent Part 2 ~1-10 years after the Temple Dedication (The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, 1890; Artist Sir Edward John Poynter, England) The Story Of The Kingdom Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the...
Preparation for Advent Part 1 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my...
A friend of mine asked me recently, “How do you prepare for Advent?” I sat there to reflect for a moment. I don’t think I’d ever thought of it. I’m not prepared because, if I’m honest, I’m not anticipating or expecting anything. It’s just another round of the...