Solomon to Rehoboam

1 Kings 1:28, 30 NIV Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king's presence and stood before him… “I will surely carry out today what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

2 Chronicles 1:1 NIV Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

2 Chronicles 2:1-2 NIV Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself. He conscripted seventy thousand men as carriers and eighty thousand as stonecutters in the hills and thirty-six hundred as foremen over them.

1 Kings 3:7-9 NIV "Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number.

1 Kings 3:7-9 NIV So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?"

2 Chronicles 5:1 NIV When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated… and he placed them in the treasuries of God's temple.

2 Chronicles 5:2 NIV Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord's covenant from Zion, the City of David.

1 Kings 4:29,34 NIV God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore... Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kings 10:23-25 NIV King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift — articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

David to Solomon  Chosen by David  Solomon Followed David’s Plan  Solomon was Humble / Asked for Wisdom  He Honored both God and David  His Sin Set the Stage for Rehoboam’s Failure

1 Kings 12:4 NIV (Jeroboam) "Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."

1 Kings 12:6-7 NIV Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked. They replied, "If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants."

1 Kings 12:10-11 NIV The young men who had grown up with him replied, “Tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter'-tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist. My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

1 Kings 12:13-14 NIV The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders, he followed the advice of the young men.

1 Kings 12:16 NIV When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, O Israel! Look after your own house, O David!”

The Divided Kingdom  Israel - 10 Lost Tribes (Jeroboam)  20 Corrupt Kings  Samaritans, some Muslim sects, ?  Seized by Assyria and never re-established  Judah – 2 Tribes (Rehoboam)  12 Kings (many good)  Seized by Babylon and rebuild by Nehemiah  Jersusalem – Ciry of David and Temple Worship

3 Converging Transition Points Change Pressur e Point Seasoned Wisdom Exciting Vision New Leadersh ip

Solomon to Rehoboam