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Solomon
Turns from God |
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| 1 Kings 11:1 |
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Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along
with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite
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| 1 Kings 11:2 |
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from the nations concerning which the LORD
had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall
they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their
gods." Solomon held fast to these in love. |
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| 1 Kings 11:3 |
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He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and
three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. |
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| 1 Kings 11:4 |
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For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his
heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD
his God, as the heart of David his father had been. |
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| 1 Kings 11:5 |
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For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess
of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites. |
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| 1 Kings 11:6 |
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Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the
LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father had done. |
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| 1 Kings 11:7 |
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Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh
the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for
Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. |
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| 1 Kings 11:8 |
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Thus also he did for all his foreign wives,
who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. |
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| 1 Kings 11:9 |
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Now the LORD was angry with Solomon because
his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to
him twice, |
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| 1 Kings 11:10 |
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and had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the LORD had
commanded. |
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| 1 Kings 11:11 |
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So the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have
done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded
you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. |
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| 1 Kings 11:12 |
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Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for
the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. |
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| 1 Kings 11:13 |
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However, I will not tear away all the kingdom,
but 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." |
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God
Raises Adversaries |
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| 1 Kings 11:14 |
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Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon,
Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. |
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| 1 Kings 11:15 |
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For it came about, 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 |
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| 1 Kings 11:16 |
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(for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months,
until he had cut off every male in Edom), |
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| 1 Kings 11:17 |
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that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites
of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy. |
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| 1 Kings 11:18 |
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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,
who gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land. |
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| 1 Kings 11:19 |
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Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh,
so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes
the queen. |
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| 1 Kings 11:20 |
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The sister of Tahpenes bore his son Genubath,
whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among
the sons of Pharaoh. |
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| 1 Kings 11:21 |
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But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept
with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said
to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country." |
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| 1 Kings 11:22 |
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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 let me go." |
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| 1 Kings 11:23 |
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God also raised up another adversary to him,
Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. |
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| 1 Kings 11:24 |
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He gathered men to himself and became leader
of a marauding band, after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus
and stayed there, and reigned in Damascus. |
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| 1 Kings 11:25 |
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So he was an adversary to Israel all the days
of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned
over Aram. |
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| 1 Kings 11:26 |
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Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite
of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled
against the king. |
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| 1 Kings 11:27 |
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Now this was the reason why he rebelled against
the king: Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his
father David. |
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| 1 Kings 11:28 |
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Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior,
and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he appointed him over
all the forced labor of the house of Joseph. |
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| 1 Kings 11:29 |
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It came about at that time, when Jeroboam went
out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road.
Now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in
the field. |
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| 1 Kings 11:30 |
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Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which
was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. |
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| 1 Kings 11:31 |
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He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten
pieces; for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom
out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes |
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| 1 Kings 11:32 |
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(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), |
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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, doing what is right
in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did. |
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Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom
out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake
of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes; |
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| 1 Kings 11:35 |
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but I will take the kingdom from his son's hand
and give it to you, even ten tribes. |
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| 1 Kings 11:36 |
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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. |
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| 1 Kings 11:37 |
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I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever
you desire, and you shall be king over Israel. |
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| 1 Kings 11:38 |
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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 by observing
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. |
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| 1 Kings 11:39 |
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Thus I will afflict the descendants of David
for this, but not always.'" |
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| 1 Kings 11:40 |
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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. |
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The
Death of Solomon |
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| 1 Kings 11:41 |
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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? |
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| 1 Kings 11:42 |
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Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
over all Israel was forty years. |
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| 1 Kings 11:43 |
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And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried
in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. |
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