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Even though Solomon\u2019s life is marked by the goodness and grace of God, even though Solomon has built the Lord\u2019s temple in Jerusalem, and even though Solomon\u2019s wisdom is unsurpassed, his devotion to the Lord and to his statutes wanes in his latter years. Why? Because in his power and in his lavish wealth, he has accumulated hundreds of wives for himself. In marrying wives from surrounding nations, he has disobeyed the direct command of the Lord and fallen into idolatry. As such is the case, the Lord vows to take the kingdom away from Solomon\u2019s family after he is gone. Sadly, the wisdom that Solomon had passed on to his sons doesn\u2019t take root, as the foolishness of his son Rehoboam causes a revolt and a division in the nation of Israel.