1 Kings 11
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1 But king Solomon loved many
strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2 Of the nations concerning which
the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither
shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart
after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3 And he had seven hundred wives,
princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was
old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart
was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his
father.
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
7 Then did Solomon build an high place for
Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem,
and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8 And likewise did he for all his strange
wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
9 And the LORD was angry with
Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had
appeared unto him twice,
10 And had commanded him concerning this
thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the
LORD commanded.
11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon,
Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my
statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee,
and will give it to thy servant.
12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not
do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand
of thy son.
13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the
kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s
sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.
14 And the LORD stirred up an
adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in
Edom.
15 For it came to pass, when David was in
Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he
had smitten every male in Edom;
16 (For six months did Joab remain there
with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
17 That Hadad fled, he and certain
Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being
yet a little child.
18 And they arose out of Midian, and came
to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto
Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and
gave him land.
19 And Hadad found great favour in the
sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the
sister of Tahpenes the queen.
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him
Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in
Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that
David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead,
Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what
hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country?
And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
23 And God stirred him up another
adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of
Zobah:
24 And he gathered men unto him, and
became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went
to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all
the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred
Israel, and reigned over Syria.
26 And Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was
Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
27 And this was the cause that he
lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and
repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
28 And the man Jeroboam was a
mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious,
he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
29 And it came to pass at that time when
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him
in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were
alone in the field:
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was
on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten
pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the
kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
32 (But he shall have one tribe for my
servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel:)
33 Because that they have forsaken me, and
have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the
Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my
ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my
statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
34 Howbeit 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 servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my
statutes:
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his
son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
36 And unto his son will I give one tribe,
that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city
which I have chosen me to put my name there.
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt
reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken
unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is
right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant
did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for
David, and will give Israel unto thee.
39 And I will for this afflict the seed of
David, but not for ever.
40 Solomon sought therefore to kill
Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt,
and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41 And the rest of the acts
of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in
the book of the acts of Solomon?
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in
Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his
stead.
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