Day 103: January 10, 2026 – I Kings 11-15 and Proverbs 3

Just when we thought that Solomon had it figured out and that he would be the one who obeyed the Lord to his death, we see that he turns his back on God. We read that he had many wives and as a result of those wives he wanted to please them and so he allowed them to worship their many gods in the ways that they were used to worshipping their many gods. He allowed them to build edifices and locations where they were allowed to worship their gods, and Solomon actually participated. This is as clear of a violation of what God wanted His people to do as you could imagine. God says that he would take away the rule from Solomon’s house, which is also David’s house, because of Solomon’s disobedience, but not until Solomon had died. He would take it away from his son’s hand.

Not a whole lot of time passes when after Solomon dies then the house of God becomes divided between Israel in the north with a different king serving, and Judah in the south (with Jerusalem) with a king serving that was of the line of David. Things get really bad and sketchy alliances are being made. Basically, we read that as a result of the disobedience of the people of God peace is not able to be found. What a great lesson for all of us. Proverbs 3 reminds us not to seek out after our own understanding, but that is exactly what God’s people had done so they turned their back on God as a result.