Now aKing Solomon
loved
many
foreign
women
along with the daughter
of Pharaoh
: Moabite
, Ammonite
, Edomite
, Sidonian
, and Hittite
women
,
from the nations concerning which
the LORD
had said
to the sons
of Israel
, " aYou shall not 1associate
with them, nor
shall they 1associate
with you, for they will surely
turn
your heart
away
after
their gods
." Solomon
held
fast
to these
in love
.
aHe had seven
hundred
wives
, princesses
, and three
hundred
concubines
, and his wives
turned
his heart
away
.
For when Solomon
was old
, his wives
turned
his heart
away
after
other
gods
; and ahis heart
was not 1wholly
devoted
to the LORD
his God
, as the heart
of David
his father
had been.
For Solomon went
after
aAshtoreth
the goddess
of the Sidonians
and after
1 bMilcom
the detestable
idol
of the Ammonites
.
Solomon did
what
was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, and did not follow
the LORD
fully
, as David
his father
had done.
Then Solomon
built
a high
place
for aChemosh
the detestable
idol
of Moab
, on the mountain
which
is 1east
of Jerusalem
, and for bMolech
the detestable
idol
of the sons
of Ammon
.
Thus also he did
for all
his foreign
wives
, who burned
incense
and sacrificed
to their gods
.
Now athe LORD was angry
with Solomon
bbecause
his heart
was turned
away
from the LORD
, the God
of Israel
, cwho had appeared
to him twice
,
and ahad commanded him concerning
this
thing
, that he should not go
after
other
gods
; but he did not observe
what
the LORD
had commanded
.
So the LORD said
to Solomon
, "Because
1you have done
this
, and you have not kept
My covenant
and My statutes
, which
I have commanded
you, aI will surely
tear
the kingdom
from you, and will give
it to your servant
.
"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
.
"However, aI will not tear
away
all
the kingdom
, but bI will give
one
tribe
to your son
for the sake
of My servant
David
and cfor the sake
of Jerusalem
which
I have chosen
."
Then the LORD raised
up an adversary
to Solomon
, Hadad
the Edomite
; he was of the 1royal
line
in Edom
.
For it came about, awhen David
was in Edom
, and Joab
the commander
of the army
had gone
up to bury
the slain
, and had bstruck
down
every
male
in Edom
(for Joab and all
Israel
stayed
there
six
months
, until
he had cut
off
every
male
in Edom
),
that Hadad fled
1to Egypt
, he and certain
Edomites
of his father's
servants
with him, while Hadad
was a young
boy
.
They arose from Midian
and came
to aParan
; 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
.
Now Hadad found
great
favor
1before
Pharaoh
, so that he gave
him in marriage
the sister
of his own wife
, the sister
of Tahpenes
the queen
.
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
.
But awhen 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
."
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
1let
me go
."
aGod also raised
up another adversary
to him, Rezon
the son
of Eliada
, who
had fled
from his lord
bHadadezer
king
of Zobah
.
He gathered men
to himself and became
leader
of a marauding
band
, aafter David
slew
them of Zobah; and they went
to Damascus
and stayed
1there, and reigned
in Damascus
.
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
.
Then aJeroboam the son
of Nebat
, an Ephraimite
of Zeredah
, Solomon's
servant
, whose mother's
name
was Zeruah
, a widow
, balso 1rebelled
against the king
.
Now this was the reason
why
he 1rebelled
against the king
: aSolomon
built
the 2Millo
, and closed
up the breach
of the city
of his father
David
.
Now the man Jeroboam
was a valiant
warrior
, and when aSolomon
saw
that the young
man
was 1industrious
, he appointed
him over all
the 2forced
labor
of the house
of Joseph
.
It came about at that time
, when Jeroboam
went
out of Jerusalem
, that athe prophet
Ahijah
the Shilonite
found
him on the road
. Now 1Ahijah had clothed
himself with a new
cloak
; and both
of them were alone
in the field
.
Then aAhijah took
hold
of the new
cloak
which
was on him and tore
it into twelve
pieces
.
He said to Jeroboam
, "Take
for yourself ten
pieces
; for thus
says
the LORD
, the God
of Israel
, `Behold
, aI will tear
the kingdom
out of the hand
of Solomon
and give
you ten
tribes
( abut he will have one
tribe
, for the sake
of My servant
David
and for the sake
of Jerusalem
, bthe city
which
I have chosen
from all
the tribes
of Israel
),
because they have forsaken
Me, and ahave worshiped
Ashtoreth
the goddess
of the Sidonians
, bChemosh
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.
`Nevertheless I will not take the whole
kingdom
out of his hand
, but I will make
him 1ruler
all
the days
of his life
, for the sake
of My servant
David
whom
I chose
, who
observed
My commandments
and My statutes
;
but aI will take the kingdom
from his son's
hand
and give
it to you, even ten
tribes
.
`But ato his son I will give
one
tribe
, bthat My servant
David
may have
a lamp
always
before
Me in Jerusalem
, athe city
where
I have chosen
for Myself to put
My name
.
`I will take you, and you shall reign
over whatever
1you desire
, and you shall be king
over
Israel
.
`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 aI will be with you and bbuild
you an enduring
house
as I built
for David
, and I will give
Israel
to you.
`Thus I will afflict the 1descendants
of David
for this
, but not always
.' "
Solomon sought
therefore to put
Jeroboam
to death
; but Jeroboam
arose
and fled
to Egypt
to aShishak
king
of Egypt
, and he was in Egypt
until
the death
of Solomon
.
aNow 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
?
Thus athe time that Solomon
reigned
in Jerusalem
over
all
Israel
was forty
years
.
And Solomon aslept
with his fathers
and was buried
in the city
of his father
David
, and his son
bRehoboam
reigned
in his place
.