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1 Kings 11:36-43

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36 'But 1to his son I will give one tribe, 2that My servant David may have a lamp always * before Me in Jerusalem, 3the city where * I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
37 'I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever * you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.
38 'Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight by observing My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then 4I will be with you and 5build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
39 'Thus I will afflict the descendants of David for this, but not always *.' "
40 Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to 6Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

The Death of Solomon

41 7Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever * he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
42 Thus 8the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43 And Solomon 9slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son 10Rehoboam 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 10

  • 1. 1 Kings 11:13
  • 2. 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; Psalms 132:17
  • 3. 1 Kings 11:13
  • 4. Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5
  • 5. 2 Samuel 7:11, 27
  • 6. 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Chronicles 12:2-9
  • 7. 2 Chronicles 9:29
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 9:30
  • 9. 1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 9:31
  • 10. 1 Kings 14:21; Matthew 1:7

Footnotes 2

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