King Solomon, whose beginning was increasing greatly

but whose ending was insignificant?

One of the Bible verses that is well known to us Christians is Job 8:7 –

“Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.”

But when I think about King Solomon, I think his beginning was increasing greatly

But his ending was insignificant.

The reason I think this way is because King Solomon loved many foreign women

along with the daughter of Pharaoh and he let them turn his heart away (1 Kgs. 11:1-4),

even though he received his name “Jedidiah” (mean ‘loved by God’) (2 Sam. 12:25)

and “a wise and discerning heart” and “both riches and honor” from God (1 Kgs. 3:12-13).

He didn’t keep God’s covenant and His statutes (v. 11), his heart was turned away from the Lord (v. 9) 

and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord by worshiping idols (vv. 5-6).

How could he, who was loved by the Lord and followed Him at the beginning,

Loved the foreign women who served idols and worshiped the foreign idols?