Holy Bible
(King James Version)
First
Kings: Chapter 11
1. But king Solomon loved many
strange women, together with the daughter of Phar-aoh, women of the
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zi-do-ni-ans, and Hittites;
2. Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of
Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you:
for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon
clave unto these in love.
3. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred
concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
4. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away
his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD
his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zi-do-ni-ans, and
after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6. And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as did David his father.
7. Then did Solomon build an high place for Che-mosh, the abomination of
Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the
abomination of the children of Ammon.
8. And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense
and sacrificed unto their gods.
9. And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned
from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
10. And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go
after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
11. Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of
thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give
it to thy servant.
12. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's
sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
13. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one
tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake
which I have chosen.
14. And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite:
he was the king's seed in Edom.
15. For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of
the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male
in Edom;
16. (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had
cut off every male in Edom:)
17. That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants
with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
18. And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men
with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Phar-aoh king of
Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him
land.
19. And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Phar-aoh, so that he
gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tah-pen-es
the queen.
20. And the sister of Tah-pen-es bare him Ge-nu-bath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Phar-aoh's house: and Genubath was in phar-aoh's
household among the sons of Pharaoh.
21. And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and
that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Phar-aoh, Let
me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
22. Then Phar-aoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me,
that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered,
Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
23. And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of E-li-a-dah,
which fled from his lord Had-a-de-zer king of Zobah:
24. And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when
David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein,
and reigned in Damascus.
25. And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside
the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over
Syria.
26. And Jer-o-bo-am the son of Nebat, an Eph-ra-thite of Zereda,
Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Ze-ur-ah, a widow woman, even
he lifted up his hand against the king.
27. And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his
father.
28. And the man Jer-o-bo-am was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon
seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all
the charge of the house of Joseph.
29. And it came to pass at that time when Jer-o-bo-am went out of
Jerusalem, that the prophet A-hi-jah the Shi-lo-nite found him in the
way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone
in a field:
30. And A-hi-jah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces:
31. And he said to Jer-o-bo-am, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand
of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
32. (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for
Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel:)
33. Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Zi-do-ni-ans, Che-mosh the god of the Moabites, and
Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways,
to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my
judgments, as did David his father.
34. Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I
will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's
sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes.
35. But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it
unto thee, even ten tribes.
36. And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may
have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen
me to put my name there.
37. And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy
soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
38. And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee,
and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my
statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be
with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will
give Israel unto thee.
39. And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
40. Solomon sought therefore to kill Jer-o-boam. And Jeroboam
arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shi-shak king of Egypt, and was in
Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41. And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his
wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
42. And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was
forty years.
43. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David his father: and Re-ho-bo-am his son reigned in his stead.
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