Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 1:14

In regards to 2 Chronicles 1:14-17:

“There was nothing wrong in all this, but it created a very subtle peril. Prosperity is always a more insidious danger to men of faith than adversity.” - G Campbell Morgan

There’s no in-between faith.

• Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
  1 Kings 10:26
  The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the LORD has told you. 
  Deuteronomy 17:16
• He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the LORD.
  1 Kings 11:3
  This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
  Genesis 2:24

Help us Lord:

• First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
  Proverbs 30:8-9
• “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
  Matthew 6:31-33 
• Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
  Hebrews 13:5 (ESV) 

Lord, help me want what you want for me and nothing more.

• Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
  Romans 12:2‍
• If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4‍
• Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
  1 John 2:15-17

I never noticed the word, sandalwood until this year.

The king used the sandalwood to make railings for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before or since has there been such a supply of sandalwood.)
1 Kings 10:12

Lord, help me to live out the prayer of Proverbs 30.