Our pastor has been teaching from the Old Testament on Wednesday nights. We just finished the life of David and now we are studying the life of King Solomon, David's son.
1 Chronicles 1:7 "In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee."
When God asked Solomon what he wanted from the Lord, he chose wisdom over everything else. Because of that choice, God not only gave Solomon wisdom and knowledge, but also he was given riches, and wealth, and honor. Pastor Sweatt pointed out that this was an unconditional promise that God made to Solomon. Solomon would later write the Book of Proverbs which contains many wise and useful teachings. He is also recognized as the richest king to ever rule a nation in the history of the world. Pastor pointed out tonight that in the early 1900’s a group of people calculated the cost of building Solomon’s Temple to be about $2 billion dollars. I can only imagine how much it would be worth in today’s dollars.
2 Chronicles 1:12 "Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like."
Link to read the passage in context - 2 Chronicles 1: 7-12
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