Why was God angry with Solomon?

Answer 1

Solomon was appointed to be King by God in a dream in which God offered to give him something to help. Solomon asked for wisdom to be a good king. God was pleased that he did not ask for anything selfish such as wealth or to live a longer life, so God blessed him with those things also.

But Solomon turned away from wisdom and from God by having a lot of wives from all over the world and building altars to his wives' gods, which the first commandment I am the living God, you shall have no other gods, violated.

God has not forbidden multiple wives specifically, but the situation is RARELY GOOD and USUALLY HARMFUL. (As it was not good for Solomon)

Answer 2

A:We do not know whether Kings David and Solomon were popular with their contemporaries because the accounts that we have were written many centuries later, based on oral traditions that had no doubt altered drastically over time, just as the legends of King Arthur were to develop in Britain over the last thousand years.

The later Hebrews wanted a glorious past, and the legend of Solomon provided that glorious past. At least in The Bible, he ruled over a magnificent empire that future generations would be proud of. The biblical evidence shows Solomon not to have been a wise ruler, either before or after the gift of wisdom, but Jewish tradition has built up an image of Solomon as a great and wise ruler. Psalms that show any evidence of wisdom have been attributed to him, as have the wisdom books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. The Jewish people needed a glorious past, with both great and wise rulers. Solomon became part of that past.

Answer 3

From what Solomon requested in 1 Kings ch.3, it was clear that he sought wisdom above anything else, and would accept the yoke of being the Israelites' leader and highest arbiter.

Further information

• 1) King Solomon built the First Temple in Jerusalem.
  
• 2) Through his vast God-given wisdom (1 Kings ch.3), he spoke and taught about God's creations, influencing many nations (at least temporarily) to recognize the wisdom of God. This was similar to the practice of Abraham (Genesis 21:33) and is what is meant by "And he [Solomon] spoke of the trees, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on the wall; and he spoke of the animals, the birds, the insects, and the fishes. And people came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom" (1 Kings 5:13-14).
  
• During Solomon's time, the Israelites enjoyed unequaled prosperity (1 Kings 4:20).
  
• 3) King Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes (Kohellet), Proverbs, and Song of Songs.

Answer 4

God loved Solomon because He loves everyone. It is mans decision whether or not to love Him back.

Answer 5

Yes Solomon was a wise ruler as he asked god for only wisdom and god heard him and gave him both wisdom and wealth.

Answer 6

he slept with his wife