1 Kings 11
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1 Kings 11:4-20

4For whenH6256 SolomonH8010 was oldH2209, his wivesH802 turnedH5186 his heartH3824 awayH5186 afterH310 otherH312 godsH430; and 1his heartH3824 was not 2whollyH8003 devotedH8003 to the LordH3068 his GodH430, as the heartH3824 of DavidH1732 his fatherH1 had been. 5For SolomonH8010 wentH1980 afterH310 3AshtorethH6252 the goddessH430 of the SidoniansH6722 and afterH310 45MilcomH4445 the detestableH8251 idolH8251 of the AmmonitesH5984. 6SolomonH8010 didH6213 whatH7451 was evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068, and did not followH310 the LordH3068 fullyH4390, as DavidH1732 his fatherH1 had done. 7ThenH227 SolomonH8010 builtH1129 a highH1116 placeH1116 for 6ChemoshH3645 the detestableH8251 idolH8251 of MoabH4124, on the mountainH2022 whichH834 is 7eastH5921H6440 of JerusalemH3389, and for 8MolechH4432 the detestableH8251 idolH8251 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983. 8ThusH3651 also he didH6213 for allH3605 his foreignH5237 wivesH802, who burnedH6999 incenseH6999 and sacrificedH2076 to their godsH430.

9Now 9the LordH3068 was angryH599 with SolomonH8010 10becauseH3588 his heartH3824 was turnedH5186 awayH5186 from the LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, 11who had appearedH7200 to him twiceH6471, 10and 12had commandedH6680 him concerningH5921 thisH2088 thingH1697, that he should not goH1980 afterH310 otherH312 godsH430; but he did not observeH8104 whatH834 the LordH3068 had commandedH6680. 11So the LordH3068 saidH559 to SolomonH8010, “BecauseH3282H834 13you have doneH1961H5973 thisH2088, and you have not keptH8104 My covenantH1285 and My statutesH2708, whichH834 I have commandedH6680 you, 14I will surelyH7167 tearH7167 the kingdomH4467 from you, and will giveH5414 it to your servantH5650. 12NeverthelessH389 I will not doH6213 it in your daysH3117 for the sakeH4616 of your fatherH1 DavidH1732, but I will tearH7167 it out of the handH3027 of your sonH1121. 13HoweverH7534, 15I will not tearH7167 awayH7167 allH3605 the kingdomH4467, but 16I will giveH5414 oneH259 tribeH7626 to your sonH1121 for the sakeH4616 of My servantH5650 DavidH1732 and 17for the sakeH4616 of JerusalemH3389 whichH834 I have chosenH977.”

14Then the LordH3068 raisedH6965 up an adversaryH7854 to SolomonH8010, HadadH1908 the EdomiteH130; he was of the 18royalH4428 lineH2233 in EdomH112. 15For it cameH1961 about, 19when DavidH1732 was in EdomH112, and JoabH3097 the commanderH8269 of the armyH6635 had goneH5927 up to buryH6912 the slainH2491, and had 20struckH5221 downH5221 everyH3605 maleH2145 in EdomH112 16(for JoabH3097 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 stayedH3427 thereH8033 sixH8337 monthsH2320, untilH5704 he had cutH3772 offH3772 everyH3605 maleH2145 in EdomH112), 17that HadadH1908 fledH1272 21to EgyptH4714, he and certainH376 EdomitesH130 of his father’sH1 servantsH5650 with him, while HadadH1908 was a youngH6996 boyH5288. 18They aroseH6965 from MidianH4080 and cameH935 to 22ParanH6290; and they tookH3947 menH376 with them from ParanH6290 and cameH935 to EgyptH4714, to PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714, who gaveH5414 him a houseH1004 and assignedH559 him foodH3899 and gaveH5414 him landH776. 19Now HadadH1908 foundH4672 greatH3966 favorH2580 23beforeH5869 PharaohH6547, so that he gaveH5414 him in marriageH802 the sisterH269 of his own wifeH802, the sisterH269 of TahpenesH8472 the queenH1377. 20The sisterH269 of TahpenesH8472 boreH3205 his sonH1121 GenubathH1592, whom TahpenesH8472 weanedH1580 in Pharaoh’sH6547 houseH1004; and GenubathH1592 was in Pharaoh’sH6547 houseH1004 amongH8432 the sonsH1121 of PharaohH6547.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 11:4 1 Kin 9:4 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit complete with ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 11:5 Judg 2:13; 10:6; 1 Sam 7:3, 4 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 11:5 In Jer 49:1, 3, Malcam ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 11:5 1 Kin 11:7 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 11:7 Num 21:29; Judg 11:24; 2 Kin 23:13 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 11:7 Lit before ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 11:7 Lev 20:2-5; 2 Kin 23:10; Acts 7:43 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 11:9 Ps 90:7 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 11:9 1 Kin 11:2, 4 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 11:9 1 Kin 3:5; 9:2 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 11:10 1 Kin 6:12; 9:6, 7 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 11:11 Lit this is with you ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 11:11 1 Sam 2:30; 1 Kin 11:29-31; 12:15, 16, 20; 2 Kin 17:15, 21 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Kings 11:13 2 Sam 7:15; 1 Chr 17:13; Ps 89:33 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Kings 11:13 1 Kin 11:32, 36; 12:20 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Kings 11:13 1 Kin 8:29 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Kings 11:14 Lit king’s seed ↩
  19. 19. 1 Kings 11:15 2 Sam 8:14; 1 Chr 18:12, 13 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Kings 11:15 Deut 20:13 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Kings 11:17 Lit to go into ↩
  22. 22. 1 Kings 11:18 Num 10:12; Deut 1:1 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Kings 11:19 Lit in the sight of ↩

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