| Chapter
11 |
| 1 | But
king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,
women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, 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 Zidonians, 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 Chemosh, 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 of 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 Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him
victuals, and gave him land. |
| 19
| And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave
him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. |
| 20 | And the sister of
Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house:
and Genubath was in Pharaoh'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 Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. |
| 22 | Then Pharaoh 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 Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer
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 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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: |
| 30 | And Ahijah caught the new garment that
was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: |
| 31 | And he said to Jeroboam, 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 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. |
| 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 Jeroboam. And
Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak 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 Rehoboam his son reigned in
his stead. |
