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Israel. >> after 40 years ruling ancient israel, king david dies around 970 b.c., and solomon takes his place. >> if you want to talk about a coldhearted, calculating, manipulative, hard-nosed individual, look no farther than solomon. >> solomon doesnt have davids charisma. that is one thing that is very, very clear from all of the accounts. he doesnt have the same ability to make everybody follow him through sheer force of personality. so you see political shrewdness, but unfortunately not a lo...

Solomons ruthlessness is demonstrated in the bible by the story of the two women who both claimed the same baby, and solomon smiles and says, fine. well cut the baby in two, and you can share it. >> and this, of course, instantly produces the real mother because the real mother says, no, no, no. she can keep the baby. she can keep the baby. >> and that story was held up as great wisdom because solomon knew the mind of a mother. but thats a pretty sadistic thing to do. i think its evidence that h...

Of the greatest flaws in solomons personality was that he really believed bigger is better with all of his heart. >> to build his extravagant temple, solomon forces his people to work grueling hours without pay. >> solomon is a ruthless leader. he rules on the backs of his own people. and anybody who disagrees with him is going to have a problem. people call leaders like the a december pot. >> so all of this begins to put pressure on the kingdom. >> when the situation is this bad, insurrections ...

Pretender. but he was strong. he was at least strong enough to force these tribes to stay together. and by the time solomon was gone, it all fell apart. >> from that point on, the united kingdom is split into two parts. a northern kingdom, the northern kingdom of israel, and the southern kingdom which is called judah. and they each have their own monarchy secessions. >> both judah and israel will spend the next few centuries at war. >> when this united kingdom comes apart, it becomes israel and ...

Personality. so you see political shrewdness, but unfortunately not a lot of personal integrity in solomon. >> king solomon was a very spoiled kid who grew up in a court of power and wealth, who was so consumed with his order as king that he tried to exploit it to his advantage. >> and he has to somehow make sure that he holds on to power. instead of doing what david would have done and making people love him, he does what any other ancient near eastern dictator would do, and he carries out a pa...

Your favorite-podcast app. and then, finally, a look the new cnn original series, jerusalem, city of faith and fury. it premieres sunday at 10:00 p.m. only on cnn. for the arabs, its the place where the first temple built by solomon stood. almost certainly, on top of the rock that, today, is the foundation stone of the dome of the rock. the gorgeous islamic edifice that stands there today. there probably is the most holy place in western and middle eastern civilization. >> but at the time th...

>> temple mount is the place where the first temple built by solomon stood. almost certainly on top of the rock that today is the foundation stone of the dome of the rock, the gorgeous islamic edifice that stands there today, it probably is the most holy place in western and middle eastern civilization. >> at the time the temple is done, it represents israel moving into this place as a prosperous, settled nation with a king whose power is acknowledged by all. but it also is a falling away from t...

Foster care decision will say it gives religious institutions a right to discriminate but if you read the text of the decision it does not do that. explain why that assumption is false? >> what this is is a unanimous win for people of faith and a unanimous loss for the in solomon religiously intolerant left. what this court said was set in a way that was specific to this case but signaled will echo in other courts, it says catholic social services cannot be forced to go against its belief in ord...

"Say not, 'Why were the former days better than these?' For it is not from wisdom that you ask this." (Ecclesiastes 7:10 ESV). When I get into discussions about “economic issues” with fellow Christians, sometimes it seems that nostalgia has taken the place of reason and ethics.

Explain that solomon. >> i dont think he is going to be and when you get to the bottom of the cant get to the bottom of it so, will always right now own son under a federal investigation for business dealings with china, we have a president who while vice president, flew his son out on air force sheep two, shook the hand and ten days later, hunter biden was trying to get, we have a world health organization watching investigation the 17th chinese experts, we have china daily and delivered so my ...