According to Catholic Church, did King Solomon find grace with God after his death?
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We read at 1 Kings 11:1-13 how King Solomon fell into disgrace and was punished by the Lord :
> King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh.....and his wives turned away his heart. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. .... So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not completely follow the Lord, as his father David had done. ...
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> Then the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had commanded him concerning this matter, that he should not follow other gods; but he did not observe what the Lord commanded. Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your mind and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant. Yet for the sake of your father David I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.
We see God giving an earthly punishment to Solomon for his infidelity. Verses 41-43 which narrate his death do not say whether he died repentant, or not. My question therefore is: **According to Catholic Church, did King Solomon find grace with God after his death?**
Asked by Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan
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Jan 20, 2021, 04:41 AM
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