Catastrophic Failure
After the judges and priests fail to lead the
children of Israel to follow God’s Word, the office of
king is introduced. At the time of King Solomon’s
birth, Israel has been equipped to fulfill the national
promise that God made to Abram. Israel has been
multiplied into a nation, they have been delivered
from the rule of foreign nations, they have been
furnished with the special dwelling of God, they
have been given God’s law, they have been given a
land from which they are to rule, and they have
been given a king to rule over them while
representing God’s character according to God’s
Word. Despite all of this, the kings fail to represent
God’s character and act as His representative rulers
before the children of Israel. The nations entice the
kings with their women and the kings begin to
follow after the gods of the nations.
