What happened to God's gift of wisdom and knowledge for Solomon?

[Polak]

So there was a reading on Solomon in today’s mass.

Solomon asked God to grant him wisdom and knowledge, and God responded by not only giving him wisdom and knowledge but also riches and wealth and honor, because he liked the fact that Solomon hadn’t asked for possessions or the death of his enemies.

The confusing part is, you’d think this wisdom and knowledge God granted Solomon would prevent him from doing some of the terribly sinful things he did later in life, wouldn’t you? If he had this great wisdom from God that other men did not receive, wouldn’t he know not to commit some of the terrible sins he committed later?

 

[Inbonum]

If he had this great wisdom from God that other men did not receive, wouldn’t he know not to commit some of the terrible sins he committed later?

The key is that he had free will. God does not bound you with something or prevent you so you cannot chose evil. He had choices, he chose wrong.
It happens every day.

 

[Polak]

So basically he had greater wisdom than others from God, he knew even more than others how wrong it was to do some of the things he did (womanising, idol worship etc.) and then decided to go against God and do it anyway. Awful.

 

[TK421]

IMO the lesson we can learn is that we can ask for a gift at one point in life and then reject that gift later. We need perseverance in prayer.

Human beings are a hybrid of intellect and passion. Solomon entertained many wives and hundreds of concubines and this darkened his intellect and corrupted him.

 

[Vico]

… If he had this great wisdom from God that other men did not receive, wouldn’t he know not to commit some of the terrible sins he committed later?

Sirach 11

28 Call none happy before death, for how they end, they are known.

 

[stpurl]

Sure. Remember that Lucifer was the greatest of the angels; and to paraphrase Spider-Man, with great power (including wisdom and intellect) comes great responsibility. Which we can all fail in.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

 

[Workman]

Solomon asked God to grant him wisdom and knowledge, and God responded by not only giving him wisdom and knowledge but also riches and wealth and honor

Yes the gift of wisdom is in James 1:4-6 and 1 cor.chapter 12
So is the gift of knowledge .
The Pentecostal religion the AOG and a few other religions demenstrate this spiritual gift.

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And some are wealthy with that wisdom and knowledge

 

[TMC]

The confusing part is, you’d think this wisdom and knowledge God granted Solomon would prevent him from doing some of the terribly sinful things he did later in life, wouldn’t you?

Not really. Some of my smartest friends do the dumbest things.

 

[fhansen]

Wisdom often comes with struggle-from finding out the hard way what is truly of value and what is not-and Solomon had every opportunity to do just that-because of his privileged position.One true gem that he came up with was to know the emptiness and futility of worldly values and offerings and self-centeredness:
“Vanity of vanities, everything is vanity”…“”There is nothing new under the sun.”

 

[Mintaka]

The gift of knowledge is the gift of supernatural or spiritual knowledge, not just knowing stuff. It’s knowing God, and thus being able to know His creations.

For example, Fr. Pacwa mentioned the other day, on one of his shows, that St. Pio and St. Jean Vianney’s gift of supernatural understanding of people who came to their confessionals, and telling them exactly what they needed to hear in order to save souls, was an example of the gift of knowledge (or literally, the “word of knowledge” (logos gnoseos).) Gnosis in this connection is an experiential mystical knowledge of God.

 

[fhansen]

I also believe that God can employ our backgrounds, life experiences, failures, etc as ingredients in our gaining wisdom. We can learn from what we’ve experienced or, alternatively, we can fail to learn. And Solomon wanted wisdom-and sought God for it-so he was able to discern what others miss.