1 Kings 11:1-40 | Ecclesiastes 1-2

The Lord blessed Solomon with more wisdom and honor and wealth than anyone before him, and he indulged himself in every way he could imagine. He pursued sensual pleasures, intellectual investigations, massive public works projects, and the endless gathering of knowledge. In all these things he excelled more than any man in history, yet his assessment of them all was disappointment and frustration. There was no fulfillment in any of his endeavors, and in the end his heart was compromised before God.

Solomon had 300 wives and another 700 concubines, with many of them coming from alliances formed with foreign kings. His heart became divided, and he started worshipping the false idols of his foreign wives. God became displeased with Solomon, and He sent a message to him about the judgement that would come in the days of his son (Rehoboam). God determined to divide Israel in the days of Solomon’s son, with 10 of the tribes going to Jeroboam. God did not bring this about in the days of Solomon, for the sake of his father David, but He allowed several enemies of Israel to cause Solomon problems throughout the remainder of his reign.