1 Kings 11
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v1
Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
v2
of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, โYou shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.โ Solomon joined to these in love.
v3
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.
v4
When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father was.
v5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
v6
Solomon did that which was evil in Yahwehโs sight, and didnโt go fully after Yahweh, as David his father did.
v7
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
v8
So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
v9
Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
v10
and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he didnโt keep that which Yahweh commanded.
v11
Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, โBecause this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
v12
Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, for David your fatherโs sake; but I will tear it out of your sonโs hand.
v13
However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servantโs sake, and for Jerusalemโs sake which I have chosen.โ
v14
Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite. He was one of the kingโs offspring in Edom.
v15
For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
v16
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
v17
Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his fatherโs servants with him, to go into Egypt, when Hadad was still a little child.
v18
They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.
v19
Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
v20
The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaohโs house; and Genubath was in Pharaohโs house among the sons of Pharaoh.
v21
When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, โLet me depart, that I may go to my own country.โ
v22
Then Pharaoh said to him, โBut what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country?โ He answered, โNothing, however only let me depart.โ
v23
God raised up an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
v24
He gathered men to himself, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them of Zobah. They went to Damascus, and lived there, and reigned in Damascus.
v25
He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, in addition to the mischief of Hadad. He abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
v26
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose motherโs name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.
v27
This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father Davidโs city.
v28
The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
v29
At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of them were alone in the field.
v30
Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
v31
He said to Jeroboam, โTake ten pieces; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, โBehold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
v32
(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant Davidโs sake and for Jerusalemโs sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
v33
because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.
v34
โโHowever I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servantโs sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
v35
but I will take the kingdom out of his sonโs hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.
v36
I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
v37
I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
v38
It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
v39
I will afflict the offspring of David for this, but not forever.โโ
v40
Therefore Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
v41
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, arenโt they written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
v42
The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
v43
Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in his father Davidโs city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.