1 Kings 11:35-43

35 but ¹I will take the kingdom from his son's hand and give it to you, even ten tribes.

36 'But ²to his son I will give one tribe, ³that My servant David may have a lamp always * before Me in Jerusalem, ⁴the 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 ⁵I will be with you and ⁶build 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 ⁷Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

The Death of Solomon

41 ⁸Now 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 ⁹the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

43 And Solomon ¹⁰slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son ¹¹Rehoboam reigned in his place.

1 Kings 11:35-43 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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 12:16, 17
• 2. 1 Kings 11:13
• 3. 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; Psalms 132:17
• 4. 1 Kings 11:13
• 5. Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5
• 6. 2 Samuel 7:11, 27
• 7. 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Chronicles 12:2-9
• 8. 2 Chronicles 9:29
• 9. 2 Chronicles 9:30
• 10. 1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 9:31
• 11. 1 Kings 14:21; Matthew 1:7

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "your soul desires"
• [b] Lit "seed"