Sunday, April 15, 2012

Great insight, and a breadth of understanding

1 King 4:1-34
Solomon also had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tributes and were Solomon's subjects all his life. River is the Euphrates.
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.
Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
Why?
In contrast to the simple regime of king David, Solomon introduced a vast bureaucracy to administer his kingdom. Th court included not only the royal family but ministers, civil servants and domestics, and must have numbered several thousand. No wonder elaborate arrangements are necessary for their maintenance.
To manage this huge country Solomon need wisdom to handle it.
How?
The wise method is necessary to handle a successful task. This wisdom come from the Lord.






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