1 Kings 11 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Solomon Turns from God

Now King^H4428 Solomon^H8010 loved^H157 many^H7227 foreign^H5237 women^H802 along with the daughter^H1323 of Pharaoh^H6547: Moabite^H4125, Ammonite^H5984, Edomite^H130, Sidonian^H6722, and Hittite^H2850 women^H802,

1Ki 11:2

1Ki 11:2from the nations of which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not [fn]associate with them, nor shall they [fn]associate with you; they will certainly turn your heart away [fn]to follow their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

1Ki 11:3

1Ki 11:3He had seven hundred wives, who were [fn]princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away.

1Ki 11:4

1Ki 11:4For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away [fn]to follow other gods; and his heart was not [fn]wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of his father David had been.

1Ki 11:5

1Ki 11:5For Solomon became a follower of Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and of [fn]Milcom the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.

1Ki 11:6

1Ki 11:6So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as his father David had done.

1Ki 11:7

1Ki 11:7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is [fn]east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon.

1Ki 11:8

1Ki 11:8He also did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

1Ki 11:9

Now the LORD^H3068 was angry^H599 with Solomon^H8010 because^H3588 his heart^H3824 had turned^H5186 away^H5186 from the LORD^H3068, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, who had appeared^H7200 to him twice^H6471,

1Ki 11:10

1Ki 11:10and had commanded him regarding this thing, that he was not to follow other gods; but he did not comply with what the LORD had commanded.

1Ki 11:11

1Ki 11:11So the LORD said to Solomon, “Since [fn]you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will certainly tear the kingdom away from you, and will give it to your servant.

1Ki 11:12

1Ki 11:12“However, I will not do it in your days, only for the sake of your father David; but I will tear it away from the hand of your son.

1Ki 11:13

1Ki 11:13“Yet 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.”

God Raises Adversaries

1Ki 11:14

Then the LORD^H3068 raised^H6965 up^H6965 an adversary^H7854 against Solomon^H8010, Hadad^H1908 the Edomite^H130; he was of the [fn]royal^H4428 line^H2233 in Edom^H123.

1Ki 11:15

1Ki 11:15For it came about, when David was in Edom and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury those killed in battle, and had struck and killed every male in Edom

1Ki 11:16

1Ki 11:16(for Joab and all Israel stayed there for six months, until he had eliminated every male in Edom),

1Ki 11:17

1Ki 11:17that Hadad fled [fn]to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.

1Ki 11:18

1Ki 11:18They set out 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.

1Ki 11:19

1Ki 11:19Now Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

1Ki 11:20

1Ki 11:20And the sister of Tahpenes gave birth to his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.

1Ki 11:21

1Ki 11:21But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David [fn]lay down with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, so that I may go to my own country.”

1Ki 11:22

1Ki 11:22However, Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me that you are here, requesting to go to your own country?” And he answered, “Nothing; nevertheless you must let me go.”

1Ki 11:23

God^H430 also raised^H6965 up^H6965 another adversary^H7854 against him, Rezon^H7331 the son^H1121 of Eliada^H450, who^H834 had fled^H1272 from his master^H113 Hadadezer^H1909, king^H4428 of Zobah^H6678.

1Ki 11:24

1Ki 11:24And he gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, after David killed those of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed [fn]there, and reigned in Damascus.

1Ki 11:25

1Ki 11:25So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the harm that Hadad inflicted; and he felt disgust for Israel and reigned over Aram.

1Ki 11:26

Then Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat^H5028, an Ephraimite^H673 of Zeredah^H6868, Solomon’s^H8010 servant^H5650, whose mother’s^H517 name^H8034 was Zeruah^H6871, a widow^H490, also [fn]rebelled^H7311^H3027 against the king^H4428.

1Ki 11:27

1Ki 11:27Now this was the reason why he [fn]rebelled against the king: Solomon built the [fn]Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father David.

1Ki 11:28

1Ki 11:28Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was [fn]industrious, he appointed him over all the [fn]forced labor of the house of Joseph.

1Ki 11:29

1Ki 11:29And it came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now [fn]Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field.

1Ki 11:30

1Ki 11:30Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

1Ki 11:31

1Ki 11:31And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to tear the kingdom away from the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes

1Ki 11:32

1Ki 11:32(but he shall 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),

1Ki 11:33

1Ki 11:33because they have abandoned 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 keeping My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.

1Ki 11:34

1Ki 11:34‘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 kept My commandments and My statutes;

1Ki 11:35

1Ki 11:35but I will take the kingdom from his son’s hand and give it to you; that is, ten tribes.

1Ki 11:36

1Ki 11:36‘But to his son I will give one tribe, so that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

1Ki 11:37

1Ki 11:37‘However I will take you, and you shall reign over all that [fn]you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

1Ki 11:38

1Ki 11:38‘Then it shall 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 keeping 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.

1Ki 11:39

1Ki 11:39‘So I will oppress the [fn]descendants of David for this, but not always.’”

1Ki 11:40

1Ki 11:40Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam set out and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

The Death of Solomon

(2Ch 9:29–31 )

1Ki 11:41

Now the rest^H3499 of the acts^H1697 of Solomon^H8010 and whatever^H3605^H834 he did^H6213, and his wisdom^H2451, are they not written^H3789 in the Book^H5612 of the Acts^H1697 of Solomon^H8010?

1Ki 11:42

1Ki 11:42So the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

1Ki 11:43

1Ki 11:43Then Solomon [fn]lay down 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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NASB20 Footnotes

Lit go among

Lit go among

Lit after their

Or women of rank

Lit after other

Lit complete with

In Jer 49:1, 3, Malcam

(11:7)

Lit before

(11:11)

Lit this has happened with you

Lit king’s seed

Lit to go into

I.e., died

Lit in it

Lit lifted up a hand

(11:27)

Lit lifted up a hand

(11:27)

I.e., terraced structure

(11:28)

Lit a performer of work

(11:28)

Lit burden of

(11:29)

Lit he

(11:37)

Lit your soul desires

(11:39)

Lit seed

(11:43)

I.e., died

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