This message focuses on how Soloman’s wrong assumptions led him into sins against God and God’s Word.

1. “Disobedience”

2. . . . Everything is meaningless, a chasing
after the wind and nothing is gained under
the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:11

3. Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says . . . the
man who looks intently into the perfect
law that gives freedom, and continues to
do this, not forgetting what he has heard,
but doing it – this man will be blessed in
what he does.
James 1:22,25

4. The kingdom was now firmly established
in Solomon’s hands.
I Kings 2:46

5. Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh
king of Egypt and married his daughter.
I Kings 3:1

6. “The king, moreover, must not acquire
great numbers of horses for himself or
make the people return to Egypt to get
more of them, for the Lord has told you,
‘You are not to go back that way again.’
He must not take many wives, or his
heart will be led astray. He must not
accumulate large amounts of silver
and gold.”

7. “When he takes the throne of his king-
dom, he is to write for himself on a scroll
a copy of this law, taken from that of the
priests, who are Levites. It is to be with
him, and he is to read it all the days of his
life so that he may learn to revere the Lord
his God and follow carefully all the words
of this law and these decrees and not
consider himself better than his brothers
and turn from the law to the right or to
the left.”
Deuteronomy 17:16-20

8. Assumption #1: I need a
huge army (and Egypt is
the place to get the best
horses and chariots.

9. Assumption #1: I need a
huge army (and Egypt is
the place to get the best
horses and chariots.
Solomon accumulated chariots and
horses; he had fourteen hundred
chariots and twelve thousand horses,
which he kept in the chariot cities
and also with him in Jerusalem . . .
Solomon’s horses were imported
from Egypt. . .
I Kings 10:26-28

10. Assumption #1: I need a
huge army (and Egypt is
the place to get the best
horses and chariots.
Sin #1: Not trusting in the
protection of the Lord.
Solomon accumulated chariots and
horses; he had fourteen hundred
chariots and twelve thousand horses,
which he kept in the chariot cities
and also with him in Jerusalem . . .
Solomon’s horses were imported
from Egypt. . .
I Kings 10:26-28

11. Assumption #1: I need a
huge army (and Egypt is
the place to get the best
horses and chariots.
Sin #1: Not trusting in the
protection of the Lord.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt
for help, who rely on horses, who trust
in the multitude of their chariots and
in the great strength of their horse-
men, but do not look to the Holy One
of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.
Isaiah 31:1,2

12. Assumption #1: I need a
huge army (and Egypt is
the place to get the best
horses and chariots.
Sin #1: Not trusting in the
protection of the Lord.
Some trust in chariots and some in
horses, but we trust in the name of
the Lord our God.
Psalm 20:7

13. Assumption #2: I need to
fortify cities to protect
Israel from all our enemies.
King Solomon built the Lord’s Temple,
his own palace . . . and the cities of
Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer . . . He built
up Lower Beth Horon, Baalath, and
Tadmor in the desert . . . as well as all his
store cities and the towns for his chariots
and horses . . . King Solomon also built
ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath
in Edom on the shore of the Red Sea.
I Kings 9:15-19,26

15. Solomon’s fortified cities controlled the
major trade arteries around and through
the Holy Land. Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer as
well as Lower Beth Horon, Baalath and
Todmor occupied critical positions along
the trade routes within the tribe of Judah.
Archaeological Study Bible

16. Assumption #2: I need to
fortify cities to protect
Israel from all our enemies.
But you will have a son who will be a
man of peace and rest, and I will give
him rest from all his enemies on every
side. His name will be Solomon, and I
will grant Israel peace and quiet during
his reign.
1 Chronicles 22:9-10

17. Assumption #2: I need to
fortify cities to protect
Israel from all our enemies.
Sin #2: Not trusting in the promise
of God.

18. Assumption #3: I need
trade agreements to
protect Israel’s wealth
and political world agenda.

19. Assumption #3: I need
trade agreements to
protect Israel’s wealth
and political world agenda.
King Solomon, however, loved many
foreign women besides Pharaoh’s
daughter — Moabites, Ammonites,
Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
They were from nations about which
the LORD had told the Israelites,
“You must not intermarry with them,
because they will surely turn your
hearts after their gods.”

20. Assumption #3: I need
trade agreements to
protect Israel’s wealth
and political world agenda.
Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to
them in love. He had seven hundred
wives of royal birth and three
hundred concubines, and his wives
led him astray.
1 Kings 11:1-3

21. Assumption #3: I need
trade agreements to
protect Israel’s wealth
and political world agenda.
Sin #3: Not trusting in God’s
Power.

22. Assumption #3: I need
trade agreements to
protect Israel’s wealth
and political world agenda.
Sin #3: Not trusting in God’s
Power.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own
understanding . . .
Proverbs 3:5,6

23. Assumption #3: I need
trade agreements to
protect Israel’s wealth
and political world agenda.
Sin #3: Not trusting in God’s
Power.
I amassed silver and gold for myself . . .
Ecclesiastes 2:8

24. Why?
Solomon
did not love
God’s Word.

25. How can a young man keep his way
pure? By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart; do not let
me stray from your commands. I have
hidden your word in my heart that I
might not sin against you. I delight in
your decrees; I will not neglect your
Word.
Psalm 119:9-11

26. Lessons for Us:
Sin looks beneficial at first.
Unacknowledged sin leads to more sin,
and may eventually destroy your life.
We will experience the consequences
for sin in this life – it’s only a matter of
time.
If you want to be obedient to the Lord –
you’ve got to fall in love with His Word.

28. Baptism
Go and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father
and the Son and the Holy Spirit
Matthew 28:19