Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days. Listen to King Solomon as he talks to God, 1 Kings 3:1-15, “And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. A good leader should have a relationship with God, the Father.Look at the prayer of Nehemiah in Nehemiah 1:5,”And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments”Ģ. We can find some Characteristics of good leaders in the Bible.ġ. To find examples of good leaders, we can look to the Bible to find great examples.
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