1 Kings 11
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1 Kings 11:4-20

4For whenH6256 SolomonH8010 grewH1961 oldH2209, his wivesH802 turnedH5186 his heartH3824 afterH310 otherH312 godsH430, and he wasH1961 notH3808 wholeheartedlyH3824 devotedH8003 toH5973 the LORDH3068 his GodH430H3824, as his fatherH1 David had beenH1732. 5SolomonH8010 followedH1980H310 AshtorethH6253 the goddessH430 of the SidoniansH6722H310 and MilcomH44451 the abominationH8251 of the AmmonitesH5984. 6So SolomonH8010 didH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068; unlike his fatherH1 DavidH1732, he did notH3808 followH310 the LORDH3068 completelyH4390.

7At that timeH227 on a hillH2022 eastH5921 ofH6440 JerusalemH3389, SolomonH8010 builtH1129 a high placeH1116 for ChemoshH3645 the abominationH8251 of MoabH4124 and for MolechH4432 the abominationH8251 of the AmmonitesH1121H5983. 8He didH6213 the sameH3651 for allH3605 his foreignH5237 wivesH802, who burned incenseH6999 and sacrificedH2076 to their godsH430.

9Now the LORDH3068 grew angryH599 with SolomonH8010, becauseH3588 his heartH3824 had turned awayH5186 fromH5973 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, who had appearedH7200 to himH413 twiceH6471. 10Although He had warnedH6680H413 Solomon explicitlyH5921H2088H1697 notH1115 to followH1980H310 otherH312 godsH430, Solomon did notH3808 keepH8104 the LORD’sH3068 commandH6680.

11Then the LORDH3068 saidH559 to SolomonH8010, “BecauseH3282 you have doneH1961H5973 thisH2063 and have notH3808 keptH8104 My covenantH1285 and My statutesH2708, whichH834 I have commandedH6680 youH5921, I will tearH7167 the kingdomH4467 awayH7167 from youH5921 and give itH5414 to your servantH5650. 12NeverthelessH389, for the sakeH4616 of your fatherH1 DavidH1732, I will notH3808 doH6213 it during your lifetimeH3117; I will tear itH7167 out of the handH3027 of your sonH1121. 13YetH7535 I will notH3808 tear the wholeH3605 kingdomH4467 away from himH7167. I will giveH5414 oneH259 tribeH7626 to your sonH1121 for the sakeH4616 of My servantH5650 DavidH1732 and for the sakeH4616 of JerusalemH3389, whichH834 I have chosenH977.”

14Then the LORDH3068 raised upH6965 against SolomonH8010 an adversaryH7854, HadadH1908 the EdomiteH130, from the royalH4428 lineH2233 of EdomH123.

15EarlierH1961, when DavidH1732 wasH1961 in EdomH123, JoabH3097 the commanderH8269 of the armyH6635 had goneH5927 to buryH6912 the deadH2491 and had struck downH5221 everyH3605 maleH2145 in EdomH123. 16JoabH3097 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 had stayedH3427 thereH8033 sixH8337 monthsH2320, untilH5704 he had killedH3772 everyH3605 maleH2145 in EdomH123. 17But HadadH111H1931, still justH582 a youngH6996 boyH5288, had fledH1272 to EgyptH4714H1908, along withH854H935 some EdomitesH130 who were servantsH5650 of his fatherH1.

18Hadad and his men set outH6965 from MidianH4080 and wentH935 to ParanH6290. They tookH3947 menH582 from ParanH6290 with themH5973 and wentH935 to EgyptH4714, toH413 PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714, who gaveH5414 Hadad a houseH1004 and landH776 and providedH559 him with foodH3899.

19There HadadH1908 foundH4672 such greatH3966 favorH2580 in the sightH5869 of PharaohH6547 that he gaveH5414 to him in marriageH802 the sisterH269 of QueenH1377 TahpenesH8472, his own wifeH802. 20And the sisterH269 of TahpenesH8472 boreH3205 Hadad a sonH1121 named GenubathH1592. Tahpenes herselfH8472 weaned himH1580 inH8432 Pharaoh’sH6547 palaceH1004, and GenubathH1592 livedH1961 thereH1004H6547 amongH8432 the sonsH1121 of PharaohH6547.

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  1. 1. 1 Kings 11:5 Milcom is a variant of Molech; also in verse 33; see verse 7 and Leviticus 18:21. ↩

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