Identify seven ways through which king Solomon fulfilled Samuel’s prophecy.

      

Identify seven ways through which king Solomon fulfilled Samuel’s prophecy.

  

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joyce
i) He introduced forced labour.
ii) Forced people to pay high taxes t o the government.
iii) He enslaved people. iv) The king would force their daughters to work for his wife(s) sons and
the house in general.
v) He married foreign women whom God had rejected. vi) He built high places for God.
vii) He forcefully conscribed the sons of the Israelites by force into the army especially his sons
who took over from.
viii) Jeroboam made 2 golden calves and placed one at Bethel and the other at Dan to act as the
visible representation o f Yahweh (BAAL-Haded symbol) thus reduce Yahweh to the surrounding
gods.
ix) Jeroboam ignored Jerusalem as a centre of worship and set up two rival place of worship at Dan
&Bethel. He thus destroyed the idea of the covenant of brotherhood and unity amongst Israel
which David had achieved.
x) He made the Israelites to offer sacrifices to the two golden bulls represent Yahweh. Though
meant for God the Israelites thought it was for those imitating other gods
xi) He built other places of worship on hill tops.
xii) He instituted religious festivals /feast in the month of his choice.
xii)He burnt incense at the altar of idols this breaking the first commandment.
xiii) He chose priests from ordinary families to serve Yahweh at the centers of worship.
joyce2 answered the question on November 2, 2017 at 07:23


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