2. Wisdom (1 Kings 3:5-12) Proverbs & Songs (1 Kings 4:32) Wealth (1 Kings 10:1-29) Wives (1 Kings 11:3) Idolatry (1 Kings 11:7) Temple (1 Kings 5—8) National Debt (1 Kings 9:10-14)

3. “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!” (1 Kings 12:14). Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David! So Israel departed to their tents. (1 Kings 12:16).

4. Listened to Inexperience & Rejected Wisdom (1 Kings 12:6-8) Forsook the Law of God (2 Chronicles 12:2, 14) Satisfied with the Substandard (1 Kings 14:25-27)