not a lot of time, but a lot of thoughts. been reading in 1 kings today. here's the line that struck me:
אָז֩ יִבְנֶ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב
a translation: "then Solomon built a high place to chemosh, the abomination of moab."
it's always shocking to read such lines. i guess that's the problem - in some ways it is shocking but in others it's not. on one level it comes out of nowhere...but it really doesn't. the general slide toward a similar "then" is like that. shocking, but not really. out of nowhere, but been around lingering for too long.
i've got a lot of thoughts on this, but simply i just wanted to throw it out there because that's where i've been reading today and thinking over the last week or so. the starkness and yet the dullness of this "then" struck me.
-scott|e.
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The "then" started even before Solomon when they didn't drive out the inhabitants of the lands they took even thought the Lord said they would be a snare to them! It makes me wonder how many "things" (disobedient actions) that I don't see as disobedient just because it's been normal since before I was born. Because Solomon "did not follow the Lord completely" he was led astray. Oh Lord, help me to follow you completely!
There's hope in the following descendants at least! Josiah is proof that we can break the cycle of slowly slipping downward to the "then. . ."
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