Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Was Solomon misled into worshipping the queen of heaven, the goddess of wisdom?


I'm doing a complete readthrough of the Bible, I got to Solomon's book of Proverbs and I noticed almost immediately that he is attributing things to a woman, I had to read certain passages twice because I was so stunned at the strange doctrine:

Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

However, David's book of Psalms doesn't contain any such references to females, so are we to read the book of Proverbs with caution in this regard? Also, the only other time 666 is mentioned in the Bible besides Revelation is in regard to Solomon's wealth (1 Kings 10:14)

1 Kings 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

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