In this video listen to 1 Kings Chapter 11, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In 1 Kings Chapter 11 we see that all that glitters isn’t necessarily gold. Solomon doesn’t follow the example of his father David, and like a mouse goes after the baited mousetrap, disobeying the law against accumulating wealth and women. He ends up with 300 wives and 700 concubines who lead him astray.

There are somewhat modern equivalents to Solomon: - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia had 30 wives and 35 children - Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia had 22 wives and 115 children. - Genghis Khan had more than 500 concubines - Moroccan King, Ismail Sharif in the 1700’s had over 2000 concubines and 1042 children... a world record according to Guinness. One of his concubines was Lalla Balqis a Englishwoman kidnapped by pirates while enroute to Barbad ...