1KI-11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together

with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,

Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;

1KI-11:2 Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto

the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither

shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away

your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

1KI-11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three

hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

1KI-11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his

wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was

not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David

his father.

1KI-11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the

Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1KI-11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went

not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father.

1KI-11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the

abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and

for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

1KI-11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which

burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

1KI-11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart

was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto

him twice,

1KI-11:10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he

should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the

LORD commanded.

1KI-11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as

this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my

statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the

kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

1KI-11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David

thy father's sake: [but] I will rend it out of the hand of thy

son.

1KI-11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but]

will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and

for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

1KI-11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon,

Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king's seed in Edom.

1KI-11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab

the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he

had smitten every male in Edom;

1KI-11:16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel,

until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

1KI-11:17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his

father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet

a little child.

1KI-11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and

they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt,

unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and

appointed him victuals, and gave him land.

1KI-11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh,

so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the

sister of Tahpenes the queen.

1KI-11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son,

whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in

Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.

1KI-11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with

his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead,

Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own

country.

1KI-11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked

with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country?

And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

1KI-11:23 And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the

son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

1KI-11:24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over

a band, when David slew them [of Zobah]: and they went to

Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

1KI-11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of

Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred

Israel, and reigned over Syria.

1KI-11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,

 Solomon's servant, whose mother's name [was] Zeruah, a widow

woman, even he lifted up [his] hand against the king.

1KI-11:27 And this [was] the cause that he lifted up [his] hand

against the king: Solomon built Millo, [and] repaired the

breaches of the city of David his father.

1KI-11:28 And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and

Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made

him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

1KI-11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went

out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found

him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and

they two [were] alone in the field:

1KI-11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him,

and rent it [in] twelve pieces:

1KI-11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for

thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the

kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to

thee:

1KI-11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's

sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out

of all the tribes of Israel:)

1KI-11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have

worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the

god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon,

 and have not walked in my ways, to do [that which is] right in

mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my judgments, as [did]

David his father.

1KI-11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his

hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for

David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my

commandments and my statutes:

1KI-11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and

will give it unto thee, [even] ten tribes.

1KI-11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my

servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city

which I have chosen me to put my name there.

1KI-11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according

to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

1KI-11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I

command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do [that is] right

in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David

my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure

house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

1KI-11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not

for ever.

1KI-11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And

Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt,

and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

1KI-11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he

did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in the book of the

acts of Solomon?

1KI-11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over

all Israel [was] forty years.

1KI-11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in

the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in

his stead.

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