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11King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh's daughter was only the first of the many foreign women he loved—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite.H4428H8010H157H7227H5237H802H1323H6547H4125H5984H130H6722H2850 2He took them from the surrounding pagan nations of which GOD had clearly warned Israel, "You must not marry them; they'll seduce you into infatuations with their gods." Solomon fell in love with them anyway, refusing to give them up.H1471H3068H559H1121H3478H935H935H403H5186H3824H310H430H8010H1692H157 3He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines—a thousand women in all! And they did seduce him away from God.H7651H3967H802H8282H7969H3967H6370H802H5186H3820 4As Solomon grew older, his wives beguiled him with their alien gods and he became unfaithful—he didn't stay true to his GOD as his father David had done.H6256H8010H2209H802H5186H3824H310H312H430H3824H8003H3068H430H3824H1732H1 5Solomon took up with Ashtoreth, the whore goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, the horrible god of the Ammonites.H8010H3212H310H6253H430H6722H310H4445H8251H5984 6Solomon openly defied GOD; he did not follow in his father David's footsteps.H8010H6213H7451H5869H3068H4390H310H3068H1732H1 7He went on to build a sacred shrine to Chemosh, the horrible god of Moab, and to Molech, the horrible god of the Ammonites, on a hill just east of Jerusalem.H8010H1129H1116H3645H8251H4124H2022H6440H3389H4432H8251H1121H5983 8He built similar shrines for all his foreign wives, who then polluted the countryside with the smoke and stench of their sacrifices.H6213H5237H802H6999H2076H430 9GOD was furious with Solomon for abandoning the GOD of Israel, the God who had twice appeared to himH3068H599H8010H3824H5186H3068H430H3478H7200H6471 10and had so clearly commanded him not to fool around with other gods. Solomon faithlessly disobeyed GOD's orders.H6680H1697H3212H310H312H430H8104H3068H6680 11GOD said to Solomon, "Since this is the way it is with you, that you have no intention of keeping faith with me and doing what I have commanded, I'm going to rip the kingdom from you and hand it over to someone else.H3068H559H8010H8104H1285H2708H6680H7167H7167H4467H5414H5650 12But out of respect for your father David I won't do it in your lifetime. It's your son who will pay—I'll rip it right out of his grasp.H3117H6213H1732H1H7167H3027H1121 13Even then I won't take it all; I'll leave him one tribe in honor of my servant David and out of respect for my chosen city Jerusalem."H7535H7167H4467H5414H259H7626H1121H1732H5650H3389H977 14GOD incited Hadad, a descendant of the king of Edom, into hostile actions against Solomon.H3068H6965H7854H8010H1908H130H4428H2233H123 15Years earlier, when David devastated Edom, Joab, commander of the army, on his way to bury the dead, massacred all the men of Edom.H1732H123H3097H8269H6635H5927H6912H2491H5221H2145H123 16Joab and his army stayed there for six months, making sure they had killed every man in Edom.H8337H2320H3097H3427H3478H3772H2145H123 17Hadad, just a boy at the time, had escaped with some of the Edomites who had worked for his father.H111H1272H582H130H1H5650H935H4714H1908H6996H5288 18Their escape route took them through Midian to Paran. They picked up some men in Paran and went on to Egypt and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house, food, and even land.H6965H4080H935H6290H3947H582H6290H935H4714H6547H4428H4714H5414H1004H559H3899H5414H776 19Pharaoh liked him so well that he gave him the sister of his wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.H1908H4672H3966H2580H5869H6547H5414H802H269H802H269H8472H1377 20She bore Hadad a son named Genubath who was raised like one of the royal family. Genubath grew up in the palace with Pharaoh's children.H269H8472H3205H1592H1121H8472H1580H8432H6547H1004H1592H6547H1004H8432H1121H6547 21While living in Egypt, Hadad heard that both David and Joab, commander of the army, were dead. He approached Pharaoh and said, "Send me off with your blessing—I want to return to my country."H1908H8085H4714H1732H7901H1H3097H8269H6635H4191H1908H559H6547H7971H3212H776 22"But why?" said Pharaoh. "Why would you want to leave here? Hasn't everything been to your liking?" "Everything has been just fine," said Hadad, "but I want to go home—give me a good send-off!"H6547H559H2638H1245H3212H776H559H7971H7971 23Then God incited another adversary against Solomon, Rezon son of Eliada, who had deserted from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.H430H6965H7854H7331H1121H450H1272H113H1909H4428H6678 24After David's slaughter of the Arameans, Rezon collected a band of outlaws and became their leader. They later settled in Damascus, where Rezon eventually took over as king.H6908H582H8269H1416H1732H2026H3212H1834H3427H4427H1834 25Like Hadad, Rezon was a thorn in Israel's side all of Solomon's life. He was king over Aram, and he hated Israel.H7854H3478H3117H8010H7451H1908H6973H3478H4427H758

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26And then, the last straw: Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah, his mother a widow named Zeruah. He served in Solomon's administration.H3379H1121H5028H673H6868H8010H5650H517H8034H6871H490H802H7311H3027H4428 27This is why he rebelled. Solomon had built the outer defense system (the Millo) and had restored the fortifications that were in disrepair from the time of his father David.H1697H7311H3027H4428H8010H1129H4407H5462H6556H5892H1732H1 28Jeroboam stood out during the construction as strong and able. When Solomon observed what a good worker he was, he put the young man in charge of the entire workforce of the tribe of Joseph.H376H3379H1368H2428H8010H7200H5288H6213H4399H6485H5447H1004H3130 29One day Jeroboam was walking down the road out of Jerusalem. Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh, wearing a brand-new cloak, met him. The two of them were alone on that remote stretch of road.H6256H3379H3318H3389H5030H281H7888H4672H1870H3680H2319H8008H8147H7704 30Ahijah took off the new cloak that he was wearing and ripped it into twelve pieces.H281H8610H2319H8008H7167H8147H6240H7168 31Then he said to Jeroboam, "Take ten of these pieces for yourself; this is by order of the GOD of Israel: See what I'm doing—I'm ripping the kingdom out of Solomon's hands and giving you ten of the tribes.H559H3379H3947H6235H7168H559H3068H430H3478H7167H4467H3027H8010H5414H6235H7626 32In honor of my servant David and out of respect for Jerusalem, the city I especially chose, he will get one tribe.H259H7626H5650H1732H3389H5892H977H7626H3478 33And here's the reason: He faithlessly abandoned me and went off worshiping Ashtoreth goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh god of the Moabites, and Molech god of the Ammonites. He hasn't lived the way I have shown him, hasn't done what I have wanted, and hasn't followed directions or obeyed orders as his father David did.H5800H7812H6253H430H6722H3645H430H4124H4445H430H1121H5983H1980H1870H6213H3477H5869H2708H4941H1732H1 34"Still, I won't take the whole kingdom away from him. I'll stick with him through his lifetime because of my servant David whom I chose and who did follow my directions and obey my orders.H3947H4467H3027H7896H5387H3117H2416H1732H5650H977H8104H4687H2708 35But after that I'll remove the kingdom from his son's control and give you ten tribes.H3947H4410H1121H3027H5414H6235H7626 36I'll leave one tribe to his son, to maintain a witness to my servant David in Jerusalem, the city I chose as a memorial to my Name.H1121H5414H259H7626H1732H5650H5216H3117H6440H3389H5892H977H7760H8034 37"But I have taken you in hand. Rule to your heart's content! You are to be the king of Israel.H3947H4427H5315H183H4428H3478 38If you listen to what I tell you and live the way I show you and do what pleases me, following directions and obeying orders as my servant David did, I'll stick with you no matter what. I'll build you a kingdom as solid as the one I built for David. Israel will be yours!H8085H6680H1980H1870H6213H3477H5869H8104H2708H4687H1732H5650H6213H1129H539H1004H1129H1732H5414H3478 39I am bringing pain and trouble on David's descendants, but the trials won't last forever."H6031H2233H1732H3117 40Solomon ordered the assassination of Jeroboam, but he got away to Egypt and found asylum there with King Shishak. He remained in exile there until Solomon died.H8010H1245H4191H3379H3379H6965H1272H4714H7895H4428H4714H4714H4194H8010 41The rest of Solomon's life and rule, his work and his wisdom, you can read for yourself in The Chronicles of Solomon.H3499H1697H8010H6213H2451H3789H5612H1697H8010 42Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.H3117H8010H4427H3389H3478H705H8141 43He died and was buried in the City of David his father. His son Rehoboam was the next king.H8010H7901H1H6912H5892H1732H1H7346H1121H4427


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