. The training of the Chosen people. ly passive, becomes the bene-ficiary of all its profits. Again, Solomon inherited all the prestige of his fa-thers great work in harmonizing the conflicting inter-ests of the tribes, and building up a stable governmentout of disorganized fragments. There is not theslightest indication that Solomon could have done whathis father did. The hard, pioneer work was finishedwhen Solomon succeeded to the throne. He came intoa splendid heritage. There is, indeed, a certain large-ness and magnificence about the commercial plans ofSolomon and about his projects for th
. The training of the Chosen people. ly passive, becomes the bene-ficiary of all its profits. Again, Solomon inherited all the prestige of his fa-thers great work in harmonizing the conflicting inter-ests of the tribes, and building up a stable governmentout of disorganized fragments. There is not theslightest indication that Solomon could have done whathis father did. The hard, pioneer work was finishedwhen Solomon succeeded to the throne. He came intoa splendid heritage. There is, indeed, a certain large-ness and magnificence about the commercial plans ofSolomon and about his projects for the internal de-velopment and embellishment of the kingdom. Butit is very much easier for one who inherits large re-sources to inaugurate and prosecute great schemesthan it is for one who must work with scanty meanson narrow margins. Still further, even the great enterprise with whichthe name of Solomon is most closely associated—thebuilding of the temple—was only in a very limitedsense his work. The purpose seems to have been en-. The Temple Area from the Mount of mosque with the large dome stands on the site of Solomons temple. tirely Davids, who had prepared vast resources forthis very work (1 Chron. 22: 14-17). Even the archi-tecture was not the product of Solomons brain or di-rection, he simply carried out a plan that he had re-ceived from his father (1 Chron. 28:11-19). Andwhen we scrutinize the quality of Solomons wisdom in 86 Old Testament History our next chapter we shall see that it is subject to somesurprising discounts. Our Lord twice refers to Solomon, and in both al-lusions there is an undertone of rebuke to a popularestimate (Mt. 6:29; 12:42). It is difficult to outlineall that was in the mind of Jesus when He thoughtof the king who, in the common thought, typified theheight of Israels glory. But we may well believe thatHe, with his exact insight into human values, judgedhim by His own principle: To whomsoever much isgiven of him shall much be requir
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