1 Kings 11 – The cycle continues

While there was hope that a king would keep Israel true to the Lord, this is not the case. Solomon, with all that he did for God, has turned to worship other gods by erecting altars and statues to them. The cycle that we saw in the book of Judges, evil – suffering – crying out to the Lord – rescue – peace – evil, is now repeating itself in the era of the kings. Solomon is doing ‘what is right in his own eyes’ by marrying great numbers of women, laving riches upon himself, and creating these idols. God raises up godly leadership from time to time during this era, but Israel is still spiraling away from the Lord. A king is not the answer to our problems; at most, this new solution will only cover our problems for a time. What we truly need in a Savior-king to rescue us.