Solomon Motivation

Jerusalem is mentioned in the Old Testament 660 times. David transformed Jerusalem into the religious center of his kingdom by bringing into it the Ark of the Covenant. The arrival of the ark forever linked Jerusalem with the cult of Yahweh.

King David secured the beginnings of a prosperous Israelite empire; he made Jerusalem its capital and brought the

Not only do school administrators want to ban specific books from schools, parents want to take action on this as well. Parents are caving their children away from exposure to the real world. Adults ponder about their children being too young to read these detailed books. The "Book of Solomon" by Toni Marrison was banned at Franklin Central High School due to parents thinking that the content was too explicit. The book contains highly detailed passages of violence and sex. Veerkamp, a worker of the school's administration and father of a student in his 9th grade year, states in paragraph 14 of source number two, "But if it doesn’t get banned... I can assure you that my kids wot be laying eyes on it,"

By doing so he is making Jerusalem the established and distinguishable capital of Israel. A once of the beaten trail Jerusalem is now the home of the Ark of the Covenant. If it had not already been differentiated, now it is. By being close to this object, people feel closer to God. While this is a religious act by David to curry with God, but it is also a smart political move to exalt Jerusalem as the capital of government and to attract people to it.

Solomon Asch tested conformity at Swarthmore College in 1951 by putting a participant in a group of people whose task was to match line lengths. Each individual was expected to announce which of three lines was the closest in length to a reference line. But the participant was placed in a group of actors, who were all told to give the correct answer twice then switch to each saying the same incorrect answer. Asch wanted to see whether the participant would conform and start to give the wrong answer as well, knowing that he would otherwise be a single outlier.

"David then led his troops to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites" (2 Samuel 5:6). Jerusalem becomes a historical and archaeological site when David captured the city and made it the capital of Israel. Archaeological evidence was located by a Hebrew University professor Yosef Garfinkel that authenticated the rule of King David. Objects were located in a "ruin called Khirbet Qeiyafa, a fortified border city in the Kingdom of Judah adjacent to the Valley of Elah, less than twenty miles southwest of Jerusalem and five miles west of Gush Etzion" (Gedalyaha, para 2, 2012). It is here that items such as, "pottery, stone, metal tools, art, and ritual objects" were located (Gedalyaha, para3,

Using a comparative analysis of biblical texts and scholarly articles, this paper will discuss how a sacred space, specifically Jerusalem, manifests itself through God’s choosing. Therefore Jerusalem is the holy dwelling place of the divine, because God chose it through his application of multiple hierophanies and his establishment of axes mundi within the city’s walls.

Bonnie and sherry both good post. Solomon shows us that even if you’re the wisest person in the world if you are not abiding in the Lord then the vines of the world are going to choke you out. God allowed Solomon to make this choice to disobey as he does with us. “So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.’” (1 Kings 11:11 NASB). God displayed mercy to Solomon for David’s sake “Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.” (1 Kings 11:12 NASB). How faithful and patients God is with us is just amazing.

He created a temple in the center of Jerusalem which became a major symbol of their religion. Solomon was known for his wise proverbs and still required high taxes. However, many people were unhappy with Solomon because he forced young men in the north to work in the mines. Therefore, after Solomon’s death, the people in the north rebelled and caused Israel to be divided into two parts: Israel in the north and Judah in the

In Genesis 22, God called Abraham to the land of Moriah and tested him by asking him to offer his only son, Isaac, as a burnt offering. Abraham demonstrated his fear and faith by obeying God’s command, and therefore God provided him with ram as sacrifice and promised him, “your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies, and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves” (Genesis 22:17). Abraham called that place in Jerusalem “The Lord Will Provide,” which set it apart from other generic places Israelites has been to, and God’s promise triggered their occupation of this particular space. After King David conquered Jerusalem and made it the capital of Israel a century later, he brought the Ark of the Covenant into the city, showing his loyalty to God. God therefore sent words to him, “And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place, and be disturbed no more” (2 Samuel 7:9). As God confirmed his blessings on the Israelites, Jerusalem is differentiated as the singular space where God reigns over the kingdom, and where both the monarch and people would be

After King Saul died, David was appointed king. The temple built by King Solomon who also held the Ark of the Covenant. This was where sacrifices were made to God. After the first temple was built the Jewish people were sent to Babylon and after their return 50 years later, a second temple was built. This second temple was where the Torah was established. After a war with the Romans in 132-135 CE the Jewish temple was destroyed and Jewish people were forbidden to practice their faith (Fisher, 2005). Judea was renamed Palestine and the Jewish people no longer had a home.

The nation of Israel was set apart as holy to the LORD. But they When the children of Israel demanded a king, they did so to be like the other nations. The first three kings were Saul, (outwardly tall, handsome and strong—a seemingly good choice for a king, but inwardly arrogant, proud and unrepentant—not God’s choice), David (a man after God’s own heart who repented of his sins and as such was God’s choice), and Solomon (the wisest man who ever lived, but because of covenant disobedience became the catalyst for the division and ultimate exile of Israel.

     Concerning the actual Temple, one must be reminded that King David’s original intentions were to create a memorial against the Canaanite deities and paganism. However, when Solomon was given responsibility of the construction, he seemed to have forgotten this. Some of the symbolism on the alter was derived from Phoenicia, and can be traced back to older Canaanite symbols from Mesopotamia. A serious spiritual weakness was starting to materialize in the Temple during this time. “Its elaborate organization and its heavy indebtedness to Syro-Phoenician religious architecture and practice. The danger of syncretism became very great- so great that the following centuries were characterized by bitter intermittent conflict between religious assimilators and religious separatists”(Albright 150). In other

After the temple was completed, Zechariah gave several prophecies about Israel’s future. It vividly describes the first and second coming of our lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This book contains more about the person, work, and glory of Christ than any other minor prophets combined. Israel’s king would come, but his people would reject him. They would later repent and be restored to God. The king is going to come again for the Judgment, we pray that when he comes again that we have been faithful and he will find us pure in his sight. The building of the temple is important here. Our bodies are our temple and we must continue to work on them until Christ comes again to claim us, the Church the people of

Before, King David gathered a surplus of wealth when in power to bring the Jewish culture into the Golden Age. “With Solomon...the surplus accumulated...rapidly dissipated in ambitious building.” (Asali p.53) through large fortifications and military armaments. At his old age, he placed a heavy tax burden on his people, and in turn they became largely bitter towards him. After his death, massive conflicts came before the people to eventually split Israel and Judah into separate kingdoms. In 800 B.C.E., “two centuries later, the Assyrians conquered the north, and many of the Jews of Israel were deported” (Ardito, Gambaro and Torrefranca p.42). Later, in 600 B.C.E., the kingdom of Judah was overthrown by the Babylons. In turn, this lead to their captivity as slaves; entering a new era of a nomadic culture spread across the western world. On the other hand, it was this captivity which strengthened their religious identity, and evidently propagated the largest monolithic deity known throughout the 21st century: Jesus Christ.