1 Kings 11:11

11 So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

1 Kings 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:11

Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon
Not in a vision, as before, but by a prophet; the Jews say ^F14, Ahijah the Shilonite, which is probable, see ( 1 Kings 11:29 )

forasmuch as this is done of thee, that thou hast not kept my covenant
and my statutes which I have commanded thee;
but broke them by his idolatry:

I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and I will give it to thy
servant;
meaning Jeroboam, who was not only a subject, but in office under him, ( 1 Kings 11:26 1 Kings 11:28 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 53. Kimchi in loc.

1 Kings 11:11 In-Context

9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision;

10 And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

11 So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

12 I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

13 Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.