What was king Solomon's downfall?

Answer 1

Pride was the root source of King David's downfall. It led him to commit both adultery and murder, both serious sins.

Answer:

King David never had a "downfall." Except in the matter of Uriah, he was the perfect man (1 Kings 15:5). The above answer is based on a secular perusal of The Bible without tradition or commentary and presumes to judge without many pertinent details, such as the rebelliousness of Uriah (Talmud, Shabbat 56a), who thereby deserved to be killed. David was blamed only because what he did appeared unseemly, thus causing people to accuse him.

Answer 2

Possibly his most obvious weakness was his susceptibility to lust, as can be seen when he commited adultery with Bathsheba. So strong was his lust that he condemned her husband Uriah to death on the front lines. (See 2 Samuel 11)

Answer 3

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We know almost nothing historical about King Solomon, apart from the stories in the Bible. These say that King Solomon died peacefully and was succeeded by his son, Rehoboam - just as every king would want. A downfall attributed to Solomon, but experienced by his son, was the loss of most of the territory that Solomon had ruled over. According to First Kings, Solomon had unwisely imposed swingeing taxes on the northern tribes and Rehoboam not only refused to lift them but insisted on increasing the burden on the Israelites.

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Solomon made the mistake of marrying foreign women and his foreign wives turned him from worshipping God - 1KIngs 11:4 - and Solomon worshipped false gods - 1Kings 11:5.

God was angry with Solomon for this and God said Solomon would lose his kingdom - 1Kings 11:11.

Answer 4

God told Saul to kill every one even the king and animals, but he disobeyed God and spared the fat animals.When Samuel asked him if he had killed every thing, Saul answered yes. then Samuel said what is the bleating of animals I hear. And Saul , said shamelessly it is for burnt offerings for the lord.So Samuel and God were angry.

Answer 5

It should be noted that Jewish tradition states that King Solomon made a couple of mistakes but was otherwise eminently righteous.

A) Following the system of prophecy, which was to spotlight and severely castigate any errors in God's eyes, Solomon is blamed as if he personally worshiped foreign gods (1 Kings, ch.11), although it was actually only some of his foreign-born wives who did so (Talmud, Shabbat 56b). Solomon's error was in not supervising their households more carefully.

B) The Torah prohibits Israelite kings from being very ostentatious (Deuteronomy ch.17). Solomon did permit himself to do so, which was wrong, but his motivation was the desire to be seen as lavish by foreign monarchs (1 Kings 10:23) in order to attract them to the service of God. In this he had success (1 Kings 10:1 and 10:24), but he died too young to bring about the fruition of his grand idea (he died at the age of 52).

Because of King Solomon's errors, God decreed that, later, Solomon's country (Israel) would be split into two, leaving Solomon's descendants with the minority of the Israelite Tribes, while the majority would be under Yerav'am (1 Kings ch.11).2) Trouble was caused for Solomon by Haddad the Edomite and Rezon ben Elyada (1 Kings, ibid).

See also:

The accomplishments of King Solomon

Jewish history timeline

Answer 6

According to the Bible, his ultimate downfall was because he married too many wives that did not worship the true God, and they eventually inclined his heart towards false worship. (1 Kings 11:1-8)

Answer 7

He began looking at another woman with lust, while she was taking a shower. And he acted upon it.

Answer 8

His downfall was marrying wives from other tribes and falling into their ways. As he had 600 concubines.

Answer 9

adultery