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and his heart was not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father <i>had been</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Solomon did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and did not follow Yahweh fully, as David his father <i>had done</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now Yahweh was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not walk after other gods; but he did not keep what Yahweh had commanded. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because this has happened with you: you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, <i>so</i> I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, <i>but</i> I will tear it out of the hand of your son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, <i>but</i> I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.” <p class="hdg">Yahweh Raises Up Adversaries</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the seed of the king in Edom. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now it happened that when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>(for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>that Hadad fled <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, while Hadad <i>was</i> a young boy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then they arose from Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh. So he gave him as a wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the sister of Tahpenes bore his son Genubath. And Tahpenes weaned him in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army had died. So Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Send me away, that I may go to my own country.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you are seeking to go to your own country?” And he answered, “Nothing; nevertheless you must surely <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>let me go.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And God raised up <i>another</i> adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he gathered men to himself and became commander of a marauding band, after David killed <i>some of</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>them; and they went to Damascus and stayed <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>there, and reigned in Damascus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad <i>did</i>; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Now Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>raised his hand against the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now this was the reason why he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>raised his hand against the king: Solomon built the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Millo, <i>and</i> closed up the breach of the city of his father David. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw that the young man was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>industrious and appointed him over all the load-bearers of the house of Joseph. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Now it happened at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>he had covered himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>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 sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My sight and <i>to keep</i> My statutes and My judgments, as his father David <i>did</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who kept My commandments and My statutes; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>but I will take the kingdom from his son’s hand and give it to you—the ten tribes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Thus I will afflict the seed of David for this, but not always.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. <p class="hdg">The Death of Solomon</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam became king in his place.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>go among</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>go among</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>complete with</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> In Jer 49:1, 3, <i>Malcam</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>before</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>to go into</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>send me away</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Some of them from Zobah<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>in it</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Or <i>rebelled</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Or <i>rebelled</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Citadel<br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>a doer of work</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> Ahijah<br><span class="fnverse">34</span> Or <i>prince</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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