1 Kings 11:9

1 Kings 11:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

Context of 1 Kings 11:9

7On a hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a place to worship false gods. He worshipped Chemosh, the wicked god of the Moabite people, and Molech, the wicked god of the Ammonite people. 8Solomon also built places where his foreign wives could worship their gods. They burned incense and they offered sacrifices to their own gods in these places. So the Lord became angry with Solomon. Solomon had turned away from the Lord, Israel's God, who had appeared to Solomon twice. 10He had warned Solomon that he must not serve other gods. But Solomon did not obey the Lord's command. 11So the Lord said to Solomon, ‘I see the things that you have chosen to do. You have not obeyed my covenant and the laws that I commanded you to obey. So I will take the kingdom away from you. One of your servants will rule the kingdom instead of you.

1 Kings 11:9 word by word

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה בִּשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה לְבָב֗וֹ מֵעִ֤ם יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַנִּרְאָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו פַּעֲמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was angryאָנַף'ânaph · be angryH599
• with Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• because his heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• was turnedנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• which had appearedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• unto him twiceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:9

• Exodus 4:14Then the Lord became angry with Moses. He said, ‘Aaron, the Levite, is your brother. I know that he can speak very well. Look! He is coming to meet you now. When he sees you, he will be very happy.
• Numbers 12:9So the Lord was very angry with Aaron and Miriam and he left them.
• Deuteronomy 3:26But the Lord was angry with me, because of you. He would not answer my prayer. He said, ‘You have said enough! Do not speak to me about that any more.
• Deuteronomy 9:8When you were at Sinai you made him angry enough to destroy you.
• 2 Samuel 6:7The Lord was very angry with Uzzah because he did not respect God's rules. He immediately knocked Uzzah down to the ground. Uzzah died there, beside the Covenant Box.
• 2 Samuel 11:27The time for Uriah's wife to weep for her husband came to an end. Then David sent some of his men to bring her to his palace. She became David's wife. Later, she gave birth to a son. But the Lord was not pleased with David because of the bad things that David had done.
• 1 Chronicles 21:7God was also angry because David had done this thing. So he decided to punish Israel.
• Psalms 78:58The places where they worshipped their idols made God very angry.
• Psalms 90:7Your anger destroys us, and we become very afraid.
• 1 Kings 11:2The Lord had warned the Israelites about these nations. He said, ‘You must not marry people from these nations. If you do, they will cause you to worship their own gods.’ But Solomon did love these foreign women and he married them.
• Deuteronomy 7:4If that happens, your children may turn away from the Lord. They will start to worship other gods. Then the Lord will be very angry with you. He will immediately destroy you.
• Proverbs 4:23Be very careful to keep your mind safe. The thoughts that you think make you the person that you are.
• Isaiah 29:13The Lord God says, ‘These people open their mouths to worship me. They use their lips to say that I am great. But they are not really thinking about me. When they worship me, they use rules that people have taught them.
• Hosea 4:11Instead, they worship other gods. My people cannot think properly because they drink too much old wine and new wine.
• 2 Timothy 4:10Demas has left me and he has gone to Thessalonica city. He wanted to enjoy the things of this world too much. Crescens has gone to Galatia region. Titus has gone to Dalmatia region.
• 1 Kings 3:5One night in Gibeon, the Lord showed himself to Solomon in a dream. God said, ‘Ask me to give you whatever you want.’

Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The Lord was angry with Solomon - Had not this man's delinquency been strongly marked by the Divine disapprobation, it would have had a fatal effect on the morals of mankind. Vice is vice, no matter who commits it. And God is as much displeased with sin in Solomon as he can be with it in the most profligate, uneducated wretch. And although God sees the same sin in precisely the same degree of moral turpitude as to the act itself, yet there may be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 The Lord told Solomon, it is likely by a prophet, what he must expect for his apostacy. Though we have reason to hope that he repented, and found mercy, yet the Holy Ghost did not expressly record it, but left it doubtful, as a warning to others not to sin. The guilt may be taken away, but not the reproach; that will remain. Thus it must remain uncertain to us till the day of judgment, whether or not Solomon was left to suffer the everlasting…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The LORD … had appeared to him twice (1 Kings 3:5–15; 9:1–9): Each time, God reminded Solomon to stay faithful. When Solomon ignored God's warning about worshiping other gods, he broke the first commandment (Exodus 20:3) and God's agreements with Moses and David.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. the Lord was angry with Solomon--The divine appearance, first at Gibeon [1Ki 3:5], and then at Jerusalem [1Ki 9:2], after the dedication of the temple, with the warnings given him on both occasions [1Ki 3:11-14; 9:3-9], had left Solomon inexcusable; and it was proper and necessary that on one who had been so signally favored with the gifts of Heaven, but who had grossly abused them, a terrible judgment should fall. The divine sentence was announced…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings