1 Kings 11:11

11 The LORD told Solomon, "Because this is your attitude and you have no respect for my promises or my laws that I commanded you to keep, I will certainly tear the kingdom away from you. I will give it to one of your servants.

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 So the LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

10 God had given him commands about this. [He told him] not to follow other gods. But Solomon did not obey God's command.

11 The LORD told Solomon, "Because this is your attitude and you have no respect for my promises or my laws that I commanded you to keep, I will certainly tear the kingdom away from you. I will give it to one of your servants.

12 But I will not do it in your lifetime because of your father David. I will tear it away from the hands of your son.

13 However, I will not tear the whole kingdom away from you. I will give your son one tribe for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, [the city] that I chose."