1Kings 11
11King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.H4428H8010H157H7227H5237H802H1323H6547H4125H5984H130H6722H28502They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.H1471H3068H559H1121H3478H935H935H403H5186H3824H310H430H8010H1692H1573He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.H7651H3967H802H8282H7969H3967H6370H802H5186H38204As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.H6256H8010H2209H802H5186H3824H310H312H430H3824H8003H3068H430H3824H1732H15He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.H8010H3212H310H6253H430H6722H310H4445H8251H59846So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.H8010H6213H7451H5869H3068H4390H310H3068H1732H17On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.H8010H1129H1116H3645H8251H4124H2022H6440H3389H4432H8251H1121H59838He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.H6213H5237H802H6999H2076H4309The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.H3068H599H8010H3824H5186H3068H430H3478H7200H647110Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD'S command.H6680H1697H3212H310H312H430H8104H3068H668011So the LORD said to Solomon, "Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.H3068H559H8010H8104H1285H2708H6680H7167H7167H4467H5414H565012Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.H3117H6213H1732H1H7167H3027H112113Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen."H7535H7167H4467H5414H259H7626H1121H1732H5650H3389H97714Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.H3068H6965H7854H8010H1908H130H4428H2233H12315Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.H1732H123H3097H8269H6635H5927H6912H2491H5221H2145H12316Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.H8337H2320H3097H3427H3478H3772H2145H12317But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father.H111H1272H582H130H1H5650H935H4714H1908H6996H528818They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Then taking men from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.H6965H4080H935H6290H3947H582H6290H935H4714H6547H4428H4714H5414H1004H559H3899H5414H77619Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.H1908H4672H3966H2580H5869H6547H5414H802H269H802H269H8472H137720The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath, whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There Genubath lived with Pharaoh's own children.H269H8472H3205H1592H1121H8472H1580H8432H6547H1004H1592H6547H1004H8432H1121H654721While he was in Egypt, Hadad heard that David rested with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was also dead. Then Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Let me go, that I may return to my own country."H1908H8085H4714H1732H7901H1H3097H8269H6635H4191H1908H559H6547H7971H3212H77622"What have you lacked here that you want to go back to your own country?" Pharaoh asked. "Nothing," Hadad replied, "but do let me go!"H6547H559H2638H1245H3212H776H559H7971H797123And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.H430H6965H7854H7331H1121H450H1272H113H1909H4428H667824He gathered men around him and became the leader of a band of rebels when David destroyed the forces of Zobah; the rebels went to Damascus, where they settled and took control.H6908H582H8269H1416H1732H2026H3212H1834H3427H4427H183425Rezon was Israel's adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram and was hostile toward Israel.H7854H3478H3117H8010H7451H1908H6973H3478H4427H75826Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was one of Solomon's officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.H3379H1121H5028H673H6868H8010H5650H517H8034H6871H490H802H7311H3027H442827Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.H1697H7311H3027H4428H8010H1129H4407H5462H6556H5892H1732H128Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.H376H3379H1368H2428H8010H7200H5288H6213H4399H6485H5447H1004H313029About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country,H6256H3379H3318H3389H5030H281H7888H4672H1870H3680H2319H8008H8147H770430and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.H281H8610H2319H8008H7167H8147H6240H716831Then he said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's hand and give you ten tribes.H559H3379H3947H6235H7168H559H3068H430H3478H7167H4467H3027H8010H5414H6235H762632But for the sake of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe.H259H7626H5650H1732H3389H5892H977H7626H347833I will do this because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molech the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in my ways, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my statutes and laws as David, Solomon's father, did.H5800H7812H6253H430H6722H3645H430H4124H4445H430H1121H5983H1980H1870H6213H3477H5869H2708H4941H1732H134" 'But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who observed my commands and statutes.H3947H4467H3027H7896H5387H3117H2416H1732H5650H977H8104H4687H270835I will take the kingdom from his son's hands and give you ten tribes.H3947H4410H1121H3027H5414H6235H762636I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.H1121H5414H259H7626H1732H5650H5216H3117H6440H3389H5892H977H7760H803437However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.H3947H4427H5315H183H4428H347838If you do whatever I command you and walk in my ways and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.H8085H6680H1980H1870H6213H3477H5869H8104H2708H4687H1732H5650H6213H1129H539H1004H1129H1732H5414H347839I will humble David's descendants because of this, but not forever.'"H6031H2233H1732H311740Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon's death.H8010H1245H4191H3379H3379H6965H1272H4714H7895H4428H4714H4714H4194H801041As for the other events of Solomon's reign—all he did and the wisdom he displayed—are they not written in the book of the annals of Solomon?H3499H1697H8010H6213H2451H3789H5612H1697H801042Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.H3117H8010H4427H3389H3478H705H814143Then he rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.H8010H7901H1H6912H5892H1732H1H7346H1121H4427
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