Page 43 - Searching for Happiness
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Well, notice as we read on. He said as
we continue in verse 17, “Therefore I hated
life; because the work that is wrought under
the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity
and vexation of spirit. Yea, I hated all my
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labour which I had taken under the sun:
because I should leave it unto the man that
shall be after me. And who knoweth
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whether he shall be a wise man or a fool?…”
Well, I can tell you he was a fool. So
Solomon is worried about leaving everything
he had worked for and accumulated, and he
said, "I don't even know who I'm going to
leave this to. Will he be wise? Will he be a
fool?" Well, Rehoboam turned out to be a
fool, and the kingdom was split under his
reign. He was a fool just like his father was
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