When Solomon, Davids son, became king, on whose throne did he sit?
“Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father . . .” (1 Chronicles 29:23). Not only did God regard Israel as His temporal kingdom, He regarded the throne of Israel as His throne— the throne Jesus Christ will inherit (Luke 1:32). The kings of David’s dynasty were supposed to answer directly to God. But Israel and her kings were not faithful to their covenant with God, and the kingdom of Israel did not endure. Thus their direct contact with God ended. After Solomon’s reign the nation of Israel split in two. The 10 northern tribes continued to be called Israel. The southern kingdom, known as Judah, remained loyal to David’s dynasty of kings. But neither nation thereafter wholeheartedly followed the examples of Abraham and David. Eventually Israel and Judah both fell prey to their powerful neighbors. After a series of invasions, Israel collapsed and was taken captive by the Assyrians in 721 B.C. The kingdom of Judah fell to the Babylonians under King Nebuc
