Solomon's later writings reveal that as he realized more and still more the wickedness of his course, he gave special attention to warning the youth against falling into the errors that had led him to squander for nought Heaven's choicest gifts. With sorrow and shame he confessed that in the prime of manhood, when he should have found God his comfort, his support, his life, he turned from the light of Heaven and the wisdom of God, and put idolatry in the place of the worship of Jehovah. And now, having learned through sad experience the folly of such a life, his yearning desire was to save others from entering into the bitter experience through which he had passed.

Efterhånden som det gik op for Salomo, hvor ondt han i virkeligheden havde båret sig ad, blev det ham særlig magtpåliggende at advare ungdommen imod de fejl, som havde fået ham til at bortødsle Himmelens rige gaver. Dette fremgår af de skrifter, som han affattede senere i livet. Han bekendte med sorg og skam, at han i sin manddoms bedste tid, da Gud skulle have været hans trøst, hans støtte, ja, hans liv, havde vendt sig bort fra Himmelen og visdommen fra Gud og dyrket afguder i stedet for at tjene Herren. Da han af bitter erfaring havde lært det tåbelige i at leve således, var det hans brændende ønske at redde andre fra den samme sørgelige skæbne.