Monday, November 10, 2008

2 Ch. 9: Solomon Dies

2 Chronicles 9:30 "Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years."

Interesting. The rest of Solomon's reign...his life is summed up in the 30 or so verses of chapter 9. It is a review, I suppose. So we're briefened up. The visit from Sheba, a description of his wealth, and then his death. That's all we got here.

I did not know that the queen of Sheba (unnamed here) left with more crap than what she came and gave to Solomon. 1 Kings 10 did not mention that. What an amazing thing. Bringing something that is your best to someone, only to have that someone give you far more.

And Solomon is rich. Richer than anyone you can think of. Richer than Joel Osteen, as hard as that maybe to believe.

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