11:1 And king Solomon was a lover of women.
And he took strange women, as well as the daughter ofPharaoh, Moabitish,
Ammanitish women, Syrians and Idumeans, Chettites, and Amorites;
11:2 of the nations concerning whom Yehovah forbade the children of Israel,
[saying], Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you,
lest they turn away your hearts after their idols: Solomon clave to these in
love.
11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred
concubines. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods.
11:4 And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon, that his
heart was not perfect with Yehovah his Elohim, as [was] the heart of David his
father.
11:5 and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians.
11:6 And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah: he went
not after Yehovah, as David his father.
11:7 Then Solomon built a high place to Chamos the idol of Moab, and to
their king the idol of the children of Ammon,
11:8 And thus he acted towards all his strange wives, who burnt incense and
sacrificed to their idols.
11:9 And Yehovah was angry with Solomon, because he turned away his heart
from Yehovah Elohim of Israel, who had appeared twice to him,
11:10 and charged him concerning this matter, by no means to go after other
gods, but to take heed to do what Yehovah Elohim commanded him; neither was
his heart perfect with Yehovah, according to the heart of David his father.
11:11 And Yehovah said to Solomon, Because it has been thus with thee, and
thou hast not kept my commandments and my ordinances which I commanded thee,
I will surely rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and give it to thy servant.
11:12 Only in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: [but] I
will take it out of the hand of thy son.
11:13 Only I will not take away the whole kingdom: I will give one tribe to
thy son for David my servant's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city
which I have chosen.
11:14 And Yehovah raised up and enemy to Solomon, Ader the Idumaean, and
Esrom son of Eliadae who [dwelt] in Raama, [and] Adadezer king of Suba his
master; (and men gathered to him, and he was head of the conspiracy, and he
seized on Damasec,) and they were adversaries to Israel all the days of
Solomon: and Ader the Idumaean [was] of the seed royal in Idumaea.
11:15 And it happened, that while David was utterly destroying Edom, while
Joab captain of the host was going to bury the dead, when they slew every
male in Idumaea;
11:16 (for Joab and all Israel abode there six months in Idumaea, until he
utterly destroyed every male in Idumaea;)
11:17 that Ader ran away, he and all the Idumaeans of the servants of his
father with him; and they went into Egypt; and Ader [was then] a little
child.
11:18 And there rise up men out of the city of Madiam, and they come to
Pharan, and take men with them, and come toPharaoh king of Egypt: and Ader
went in toPharaoh, and he gave him a house, and appointed him provision.
11:19 And Ader found great favour in the sight ofPharaoh, and he gave him
his wife's sister in marriage, the elder sister of Thekemina.
11:20 And the sister of Thekemina bore to him, [even] to Ader, Ganebath her
son; and Thekemina brought him up in the midst of the sons ofPharaoh, and
Ganebath was in the midst of the sons ofPharaoh.
11:21 And Ader heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that
Joab the captain of the host was dead; and Ader said toPharaoh, Let me go,
and I will return to my country.
11:22 AndPharaoh said to Ader, What lackest thou with me? that lo! thou
seekest to depart to thy country? and Ader said to him, By all means let me
go.
11:23
11:24
11:25 So Ader returned to his country; this [is] the mischief which Ader
did, and he was a bitter enemy of Israel, and he reigned in the land of
Edom.
11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the Ephrathite of Sarira, the son of a
widow, [was] servant of Solomon.
11:27 And this [was the occasion of his lifting up [his] hands against king
Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification
of the city of David his father.
11:28 And the man Jeroboam was very strong; and Solomon saw the young man
that he was active, and he set him over the levies of the house of Joseph.
11:29 And it came to pass at that time, that Jeroboam went forth from
Jerusalem, and Achia the Selonite the prophet found him in the way, and
caused him to turn aside out of the way: and Achia was clad with a new
garment, and they two [were] alone in the field.
11:30 And Achia laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it
[into] twelve pieces:
11:31 and he said to Jeroboam, Take to thyself ten pieces, for thus saith
Yehovah Elohim of Israel, Behold, I rend the kingdom out of the hand of
Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.
11:32 Yet he shall have two tribes, for my servant David's sake, and for the
sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel.
11:33 Because he forsook me, and sacrificed to Astarte the abomination of
the Sidonians, and to Chamos, and to the idols of Moab, and to their king
the abomination of the children of Ammon, and he walked not in my ways, to
do that which was right before me, as David his father [did].
11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, (for I will
certainly resist him all the days of his life,) for David my servant's sake,
whom I have chosen.
11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and give thee
ten tribes.
11:36 But to his son I will give the two [remaining] tribes, that my servant
David may have an establishment continually before me in Jerusalem, the city
which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign as thy soul desires, and
thou shalt be king over Israel.
11:38 And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt keep all the commandments that
I shall give thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right
before me, to keep my ordinances and my commandments, as David my servant
did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built
to David.
11:39
11:40 And Solomon sought to slay Jeroboam: but he arose and fled into Egypt,
to Susakim king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until Solomon died.
11:41 And the rest of the history of Solomon, and all that he did, and all
his wisdom, behold are not these things written in the book of the life of
Solomon?
11:42 And the days [during] which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all
Israel [were] forty years.
11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
David his father. And it came to pass when Jeroboam son of Nabat heard [of
it], even while he was yet in Egypt as he fled from the face of Solomon and
dwelt in Egypt, he straightway comes into his own city, into the land of
Sarira in the mount of Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers, and
Roboam his son reigned in his stead. |
11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange
women, together with the daughter ofPharaohh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
11:2 Of the nations concerning which Yehovah 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.
11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred
concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
11:4 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 Yehovah his
Elohim, as was the heart of David his father.
11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and
after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of Yehovah, and went not fully after
Yehovah, as did David his father.
11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of
Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination
of the children of Ammon.
11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and
sacrificed unto their gods.
11:9 And Yehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from
Yehovah Elohim of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
11:10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go
after other gods: but he kept not that which Yehovah commanded.
11:11 Wherefore Yehovah 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.
11:12 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.
11:13 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.
11:14 And Yehovah stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite:
he was of the king's seed in Edom.
11:15 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;
11:16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had
cut off every male in Edom:)
11:17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with
him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men
with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, untoPharaohh king of Egypt;
which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
11:19 And Hadad found great favor in the sight ofPharaohh, so that he gave
him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
weaned inPharaohh's house: and Genubath was inPharaohh's household among the
sons ofPharaohh.
11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and
that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said toPharaohh, Let me
depart, that I may go to mine own country.
11:22 ThenPharaohh 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.
11:23 And Elohim stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah,
which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
11:24 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.
11:25 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.
11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's
servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up
his hand against the king.
11:27 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.
11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the
young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of
the house of Joseph.
11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad
himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces:
11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the
Yehovah, the Elohim of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of
Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
11:32 (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:)
11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh 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.
11:34 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:
11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it
unto thee, even ten tribes.
11:36 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.
11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy
soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
11:38 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.
11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and
fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the
death of Solomon.
11:41 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?
11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was
forty years.
11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. |