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¹ But king Solomon loved manyWho were idolaters.strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;

² Of the nations, whereof the Lord had sayd vnto the children of Israel, Goe not ye in to them, nor let them come in to you: for surely they will turne your hearts after their gods, to them, I say, did Salomon ioyne in loue.

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundredTo whom belonged no dowry.concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

⁴ For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was notHe did not serve God with a pure heart.perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.

⁵ For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and afterWho was also called Molech in (1Ki_11:7). See also (2Ki_23:10).Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

⁶ So Salomon wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lord, but continued not to followe the Lord, as did Dauid his father.

⁷ Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, theThus the scripture calls whatever man reveres and serves as God.abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

⁸ And so did he for all his outlandish wiues, which burnt incense and offered vnto their gods.

⁹ Therefore the Lord was angry with Salomon, because hee had turned his heart from the Lorde God of Israel, which had appeared vnto him twise,

¹⁰ And had giuen him a charge concerning this thing, that he should not follow other gods: but he kept not that, which the Lorde had commaunded him.

¹¹ Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch asThat you have forsaken me and worshipped idols.this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

¹² Notwithstanding in thy dayes I will not doe it, because of Dauid thy father, but I will rent it out of the hand of thy sonne:

¹³ Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give oneBecause the tribes of Judah and Benjamin had their possessions mixed, they are here taken as one tribe.tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

¹⁴ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king'sOf the king of Edom's stock.seed in Edom.

¹⁵ For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury theOf the Edomites.slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

¹⁶ (For six moneths did Ioab remaine there, and all Israel, till he had destroyed all the males in Edom)

¹⁷ That HadadThus God reserved this idolater as scourge to punish his people's sins.fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.

¹⁸ And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran, and tooke men with them out of Paran, and came to Egypt vnto Pharaoh King of Egypt, which gaue him an house, and appointed him vitailes, and gaue him lande.

¹⁹ And HadadGod brought him honour, that his power might be more able to compass his enterprises against Solomon's house.found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

²⁰ And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his sonne, whome Tahpenes wayned in Pharaohs house: and Genubath was in Pharaohs house among the sonnes of Pharaoh.

²¹ And when Hadad heard in Egypt, that Dauid slept with his fathers, and that Ioab the captaine of the hoste was dead, Hadad sayde to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may goe to mine owne countrey.

²² But Pharaoh saide vnto him, What hast thou lacked with me, that thou wouldest thus go to thine owne countrey? And he answered, Nothing, but in any wise let me goe.

²³ And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, whichWhen David had defeated Hadadezer and his army.fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

²⁴ And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein,That is, the men whom he had gathered to him.and reigned in Damascus.

²⁵ Therefore was he an aduersarie to Israel all the daies of Salomon: besides the euil that Hadad did, he also abhorred Israel, & reigned ouer Aram

²⁶ And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat an Ephrathite of Zereda Salomons seruant (whose mother was called Zeruah a widowe) lift vp his hand against the King.

²⁷ And this was the cause that he lift vp his hande against the King, When Salomon built Millo, he repared the broken places of the citie of Dauid his father.

²⁸ And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made himHe was overseer of Solomon's works for the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh.ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

²⁹ And at that time, when Ieroboam went out of Ierusalem, the Prophet Ahiiah the Shilonite founde him in the way, hauing a newe garment on him, and they two were alone in ye field.

³⁰ And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, andBy these visible signs the prophets would more deeply print their message into the hearts of those to whom they were sent.rent it [in] twelve pieces:

³¹ And said to Ieroboam, Take vnto thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, Beholde, I wil rent the kingdome out of ye hands of Salomon, and will giue ten tribes to thee.

³² But he shall haue one tribe for my seruant Dauids sake, and for Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,

³³ Because they haue forsaken me, and haue worshipped Ashtaroth the god of the Zidonians, and Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and haue not walked in my wayes (to do right in mine eyes, & my statutes, & my lawes) as did Dauid his father.

³⁴ But I will not take the whole kingdome out of his hande: for I will make him prince all his life long for Dauid my seruants sake, whome I haue chosen, and who kept my commandements and my statutes.

³⁵ But I will take the kingdome out of his sonnes hand, and will giue it vnto thee, euen the ten tribes.

³⁶ And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have aHe refers to the Messiah, who would be the bright star that would shine through all the world.light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

³⁷ And I wil take thee, and thou shalt reigne, euen as thine heart desireth, and shalt be King ouer Israel.

³⁸ And if thou hearken vnto all that I commande thee, and wilt walke in my wayes, and doe right in my sight, to keepe my statutes and my commandements, as Dauid my seruant did, then will I be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built vnto Dauid, and wil giue Israel vnto thee.

³⁹ And I willFor this idolatry that Solomon has committed.for this afflict the seed of David,For the whole spiritual kingdom was restored in the Messiah.but not for ever.

⁴⁰ Salomon sought therefore to kill Ieroboam, and Ieroboam arose, and fled into Egypt vnto Shishak King of Egypt, and was in Egypt vntil the death of Salomon.

⁴¹ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in theWhich it is thought was lost in their captivity.book of the acts of Solomon?

⁴² The time that Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel, was fourtie yeere.

⁴³ And Salomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne reigned in his steade.