Today's Reading
Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh's daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, "My wife must not live in King David's palace, for the Ark of the Lord has been there, and it is holy ground." (2 Chronicles 8:11 NLT) Here's the picture of Solomon making sure the Temple was completed (it took 20 years!) and that they had adequate staff to keep it up and running. In the meantime, he was occupying towns outside Jerusalem to take care of his horses and chariots. He had ships out seeking and finding gold. What a well-run kingdom! In fact, it was so "well-run" that he failed to notice his own disobedience in taking foreign wives and subjecting himself to their false religions. He kept them from the Temple, but he didn't keep himself to them; the whole nation fell apart because of his failure.
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