1 Kings 11:1 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 11:1

Solomon’s Heart Turns from the Lord

1 But ^aKing Solomon loved ^bmany foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites—

2 from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, ^a“You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, ^athat his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his ^bheart was not loyal to the Lord his God, ^cas was the heart of his father David.

5 For Solomon went after ^aAshtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after ^bMilcom the abomination of the ^cAmmonites.

6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David.

7 ^aThen Solomon built a¹ high place for ^bChemosh the abomination of Moab, on ^cthe hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.

8 And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

9 So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, ^awho had appeared to him twice,

10 and ^ahad commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord had commanded.

11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, ^aI will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your ^bservant.

12 Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

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Definitions of words in 1 Kings 11:1:

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Daughter {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Daughter {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hittites {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hittites {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Pharaoh {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Pharaoh {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Pharaoh {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sidonians {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Solomon {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Solomon {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Solomon {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Well {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Well {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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