Reign or Ruin | Solomon’s Quiet Undoing

Solomon is like that restaurant every TikTok influencer is raving about in LA. The reviews are glowing, the videos look incredible, the hype is off the charts. But then you go, and the food is overpriced, the service is slow, and you leave wondering what everyone else was so excited about. That’s what reading Solomon’s life feels like. You’re told he’s the wisest man who ever lived, but most of what he does feels more tragic than transcendent. He builds empires, writes poetry, marries hundreds of women, and somehow loses himself in the process. Perhaps the real wisdom in his story is found not in what he did right, but in what he got wrong. If we’re paying attention, we won’t just admire his insight, we’ll learn from his collapse.