11But King Solomon married many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidonia, along with Hittite women, too,H4428H8010H157H7227H5237H802H1323H6547H4125H5984H130H6722H28502all of them from nations that the Lord had ordered the Israelites, "You are not to associate with them and they are not to associate with you, because they will most certainly turn your affections away to follow their gods." Solomon became deeply attached to them by falling in love.H1471H3068H559H1121H3478H935H935H403H5186H3824H310H430H8010H1692H1573He had 700 princess wives and 300 mistresses who turned his heart away from the Lord,H7651H3967H802H8282H7969H3967H6370H802H5186H38204because as Solomon grew older, his wives turned his affections away after other gods, and his heart was not fully as devoted to the Lord his God as his father David's heart had been.H6256H8010H2209H802H5186H3824H310H312H430H3824H8003H3068H430H3824H1732H15Solomon pursued Astarte, the Sidonian goddess, and Milcom, that detestable Ammonite idol.H8010H3212H310H6253H430H6722H310H4445H8251H59846Solomon practiced what the Lord considered to be evil by not fully following the Lord, as had his father David.H8010H6213H7451H5869H3068H4390H310H3068H1732H17Later, Solomon even constructed a high place on the mountain east of Jerusalem that was dedicated to Chemosh, that detestable Moabite idol, and to Molech, the detestable Ammonite idol.H8010H1129H1116H3645H8251H4124H2022H6440H3389H4432H8251H1121H59838Solomon did this for all of his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their own gods.H6213H5237H802H6999H2076H4309The Lord became angry at Solomon because his heart wandered away from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twiceH3068H599H8010H3824H5186H3068H430H3478H7200H647110and warned him about this so he would not pursue other gods. But he did not obey what the Lord had commanded,H6680H1697H3212H310H312H430H8104H3068H668011so the Lord told Solomon, "Because you have done this and haven't kept my covenant and statutes that I commanded you, I'm going to tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant.H3068H559H8010H8104H1285H2708H6680H7167H7167H4467H5414H565012I'm not going to do this during your lifetime, for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of your son's control.H3117H6213H1732H1H7167H3027H112113For the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, I won't tear away the entire kingdom. I'll leave one tribe for your son to govern."H7535H7167H4467H5414H259H7626H1121H1732H5650H3389H97714After this, the Lord allowed Hadad the Edomite to oppose Solomon. He was part of the royal line of Edom.H3068H6965H7854H8010H1908H130H4428H2233H12315During David's military campaign against Edom, when his army commander Joab had gone out to bury the dead, he killed every male in Edom.H1732H123H3097H8269H6635H5927H6912H2491H5221H2145H12316Joab had his entire army of Israel stay there for six months until he had eliminated every male in Edom.H8337H2320H3097H3427H3478H3772H2145H12317But Hadad escaped to Egypt in the company of some of his father's Edomite servants, while Hadad was still a little child.H111H1272H582H130H1H5650H935H4714H1908H6996H528818They left Midian, arrived in Paran, and left from Paran with some men and traveled on to Egypt, where Pharaoh, king of Egypt, gave him a house to live in, assigned a food allotment to him, and gave him some land.H6965H4080H935H6290H3947H582H6290H935H4714H6547H4428H4714H5414H1004H559H3899H5414H77619Hadad won the affection of the Pharaoh, who gave permission for Hadad to marry the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes.H1908H4672H3966H2580H5869H6547H5414H802H269H802H269H8472H137720Queen Tahpenes' sister bore him his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's palace while Genubath lived in Pharaoh's palace with the Pharaoh's own sons.19H269H8472H3205H1592H1121H8472H1580H8432H6547H1004H1592H6547H1004H8432H1121H654721Later on, Hadad learned in Egypt that David had been buried with his ancestors and that Joab the army commander was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, "Please send me out so I can go back to my own land."H1908H8085H4714H1732H7901H1H3097H8269H6635H4191H1908H559H6547H7971H3212H77622Pharaoh asked him, "But have you lacked anything from me that would make you want to go back to your own country?" "No," he answered, "but I still really must leave."H6547H559H2638H1245H3212H776H559H7971H797123God also raised up Eliada's son Rezon, who had escaped from his master King Hadadezer of Zobah.H430H6965H7854H7331H1121H450H1272H113H1909H4428H667824He raised an army and commanded a gang of raiders after David had eliminated those who lived in Zobah. Rezon and his army moved to Damascus, remained there, and Rezon ruled from Damascus.H6908H582H8269H1416H1732H2026H3212H1834H3427H4427H183425He opposed Israel during Solomon's entire reign, in addition to all of the evil things that Hadad did. Rezon also hated Israel while he reigned over Aram.H7854H3478H3117H8010H7451H1908H6973H3478H4427H75826Solomon had a servant, Nebat's son Jeroboam, who was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother was named Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon,H3379H1121H5028H673H6868H8010H5650H517H8034H6871H490H802H7311H3027H442827and this is why he rose in rebellion against the king: Solomon had built up the terrace ramparts in the city of his father David in order to repair a weakness.H1697H7311H3027H4428H8010H1129H4407H5462H6556H5892H1732H128Jeroboam was a valiant soldier, and because Solomon observed that the young man was able to get things done, he set him in charge over all of the conscripted labor from the household of Joseph.H376H3379H1368H2428H8010H7200H5288H6213H4399H6485H5447H1004H313029During that time, Jeroboam left Jerusalem and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road. Ahijah had wrapped himself up in a new cloak, and both of them were alone on the open road.H6256H3379H3318H3389H5030H281H7888H4672H1870H3680H2319H8008H8147H770430Ahijah grabbed the new cloak that he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces!H281H8610H2319H8008H7167H8147H6240H716831Then he told Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, because this is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Pay attention! I'm going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's control and give you ten tribes.H559H3379H3947H6235H7168H559H3068H430H3478H7167H4467H3027H8010H5414H6235H762632I'll leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and one tribe for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I chose from all of the tribes of Israel.H259H7626H5650H1732H3389H5892H977H7626H347833I'm doing this because they have abandoned me and worshipped that Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They haven't lived my way by doing what I consider to be right and observing my statutes and my ordinances, like his father David did.H5800H7812H6253H430H6722H3645H430H4124H4445H430H1121H5983H1980H1870H6213H3477H5869H2708H4941H1732H134'Nevertheless, I won't take the entire kingdom away from him, but I'll let him reign for the rest of his life, because of my servant David, whom I chose, who obeyed my commandments and statutes,H3947H4467H3027H7896H5387H3117H2416H1732H5650H977H8104H4687H270835but I will take the kingdom away from his son's control and give ten tribes to you.H3947H4410H1121H3027H5414H6235H762636I'll give one tribe to his son, so my servant David will always have a light shining in my presence in Jerusalem, the city that I chose for myself and where I have placed my name.H1121H5414H259H7626H1732H5650H5216H3117H6440H3389H5892H977H7760H803437I'm going to take you and have you reign over whatever you desire. You will be king over Israel.H3947H4427H5315H183H4428H347838If you listen to everything that I command you to do, and if you live your life my way, and if you do what I consider to be right by observing my statutes and my commandments, just like my servant David did, then I will be with you, I will build an enduring dynasty for you, just like I did for David, and I'll give Israel to you.H8085H6680H1980H1870H6213H3477H5869H8104H2708H4687H1732H5650H6213H1129H539H1004H1129H1732H5414H347839This is how I'm going to afflict David's descendants because of what they have done, though I won't do it continuously.'"H6031H2233H1732H311740That's why Solomon tried to execute Jeroboam, but Jeroboam got up and fled to Egypt, where he lived as a guest of King Shishak and remained until Solomon had died.11H8010H1245H4191H3379H3379H6965H1272H4714H7895H4428H4714H4714H4194H801041Now the rest of Solomon's accomplishments, including everything else he did, as well as records of his wisdom, are recorded in the Book of the Acts of Solomon, are they not?H3499H1697H8010H6213H2451H3789H5612H1697H801042Solomon reigned over all of Israel from Jerusalem for a total of 40 years.H3117H8010H4427H3389H3478H705H814143Then Solomon died, as had his ancestors, and he was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam reigned in his place.H8010H7901H1H6912H5892H1732H1H7346H1121H4427
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