December 24, 2012 – 1 Kings 4

I still haven’t seen anything about how old Solomon is when he takes over, but he is old enough to have daughters that are able to get married.  On the other hand, that doesn’t mean they have to be extremely old because it is understood that Mary was only around 14 years old when she was married to Joseph. 

We see that Judah is being treated differently because it is the kings home.  We will see the effect this has of the future and how much this plays into how the nation splits after Solomon.  Judah also doesn’t appear to be one of the twelve areas that has to feed the king for a month of the year.