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1 Kings 11:36-43

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36 Yet to his son 1I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have 2a lamp before me in Jerusalem, 3the city where I have chosen to put my name.
37 And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
38 And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, 4I will be with you and 5will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
39 And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not forever.'"
40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to 6Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41 7Now 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 8slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And 9Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 11:36-43 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

Cross References 9

  • 1. [See ver. 32 above]
  • 2. 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Samuel 21:17; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7
  • 3. [See ver. 32 above]
  • 4. Joshua 1:5
  • 5. 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 7:11, 27
  • 6. 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Chr. 12:2, 5, 7, 9
  • 7. For ver. 41-43, see 2 Chronicles 9:29-31
  • 8. 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 14:20
  • 9. Matthew 1:7
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