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PURPOSE AND BALANCE IN LIFE.
For everything there is a season,
a time to be born, and a time to die;
What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given
to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find
out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing
better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that
everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is
God's gift to man. |
Eccl.3:1-17 |
ADVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. |
Eccl. 11:7-12:8 |
WHERE LIFE FINDS ITS MEANING.
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this
is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every
secret thing, whether good or evil. | Eccl. 12:13,14 |
End of Solomon's Reign |
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With that parting advice to those who would follow him in these "days under the sun," Solomon himself falls prey to the "same destiny which overtakes all men " After a rather obscure reference to the other historical records pertaining to Solomon (perhaps the record of Samuel and the Kings ) the end of Solomon's life is given only brief mention. |
OTHER RECORDS OF SOLOMON.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the
history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the
visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? |
2 Chron. 9:29 |
SOLOMON’S DEATH.
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers
and was buried in the city of David his father, |
2 Chron |
SOLOMON’S SUCCESSOR.
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. | 2 Chron |