Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the WISEST of them all?

This week some dude from a tiny town in the wop wops won a staggering $26mil. That is mind blowing! Imagine waking up struggling to pay bills in the morning at by night time having more money than you know what to do with. Luke and I began dreaming about what we would do with that kind of mulah, the people we would help, the charities we would donate to, the houses we would buy...

What struck me though was how wise you would have to be to use and manage that kind of money well. I've seen people be ruined by lots of money and you hear all the time of millionaires gone bankrupt. Obviously this isn't an easy road to walk, one requires wisdom.

And that got me thinking about Solomon.

Christine's potted history of King Solomon:


Born of King David and Bethsheba (who was someone else wife first til David nicked her, but that's a story for another time perhaps).
Youngest son and yet became heir, so I am going with young and pampered.
God asks him what he wants, he asks for wisdom.
God likes this answer and gives him wisdom plus wealth plus fame.
Solomon gets rich and famous and wise.
Marries literally hundreds of women and lets them bring their gods along.
All ends in heartbreak.

So Solomon is wise but in the end his....heart....does the thinking for him and he gets into all sorts of trouble. You know what they say, behind every kingdoms downfall is a horny man. Joking, more like women are the cause of many wars.

But how wise is he? I mean really? Anyone who has lived with a houseful of girls knows that it is NOT wise to put a bunch of women together. Think of a hundred of them all wanting your attention! I'm a woman and even I know that that is just asking for trouble.

And then he lets rival religions into the same building. Now I have never been to the middle east but the news tells me that land and rival religions does not mix well in the heat over there. You think a wise man might have known that too.

So when God granted Solomon wisdom was he only talking about judicially or when all the beautiful women turned up did ol' Solly just stop using his brain, for whatever reason?

Personally I have never thought of our friend Sol as wise, more overly rich and bored like some kind of mega rich player type.

Am I wrong? Have I misread this? Thoughts welcome.