solomon

When does it all start to go wrong for Solomon?

When does it all start to go wrong for Solomon?

1 Kings Chapter 10 broadly seems to detail the fulfillment of God’s promise to Solomon from Chapter 3:

13I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. ESV

Did King Solomon make the Israelites his servants?

Did King Solomon make the Israelites his servants?

Initial we are told that King Solomon used the descendants of the conquered tribes as his servants to build his cities and other works

1 Kings 9:22 NKJV

22 But of the children of Israel Solomon made no forced laborers, because they we…

Was there a Hazor for Jabin to rule over?

Was there a Hazor for Jabin to rule over?

The late-Exodus theory places the Exodus sometime during Ramesses II’s reign(c. 1290-1224). This theory identifies the archaeological 1230 BC destruction of Hazor with Joshua’s attack on the site. It appears, however, that Hazor wasn’t reb…