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1 Kings 11:7-17

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7 Then Solomon built a high place for 1Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for 2Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
8 And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.

The Lord Raises Adversaries

9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because 3his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, 4who had appeared to him twice
10 and 5had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded.
11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, 6I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.
12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
13 However, 7I will not tear away all the kingdom, but 8I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem 9that I have chosen. ”
14 And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom.
15 For 10when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, he struck down every male in Edom
16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom).
17 But Hadad fled to Egypt, together with certain Edomites of his father’s servants, Hadad still being a little child.
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1 Kings 11:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 11

This chapter relates the false steps Solomon took, notwithstanding all his wisdom, in marrying strange wives, and worshipping other gods, 1Ki 11:1-8 upon which the Lord threatens him to rend the kingdom in his son's time, 1Ki 11:9-13 and he raised up adversaries against him, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:14-26 of which last an account is given, and of his being assured by Ahijah the prophet of his having ten of the tribes of Israel given to him; which Solomon having notice of sought to slay him, 1Ki 11:27-40 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Solomon's death and burial, 1Ki 11:41-43.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 10

  • 1. 11:7 Num. 21:29; 2 Kgs. 23:13
  • 2. 11:7 Lev. 18:21; 20:2-4; 2 Kgs. 23:10; Acts 7:43; [ver. 5]
  • 3. 11:9 ver. 2, 4
  • 4. 11:9 ch. 3:5; 9:2
  • 5. 11:10 ch. 6:12; 9:6
  • 6. 11:11 ver. 31; [ch. 12:15, 16]
  • 7. 11:13 [2 Sam. 7:15; Ps. 89:33]
  • 8. 11:13 ver. 32, 36; [ch. 12:20]
  • 9. 11:13 Deut. 12:5, 11
  • 10. 11:15 2 Sam. 8:14; 1 Chr. 18:12, 13
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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