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But king
Solomon loved many strange women, together with
the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
02 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said
unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in
to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their
gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
03 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses,
and three hundred concubines: and his wives
turned away his heart.
04 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old,
that his wives turned away his heart after other
gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord
his God, as was the heart of David his father.
05 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess
of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the
abomination of the Ammonites.
06 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and went not fully after the Lord, as did David
his father.
07 Then did Solomon build an high place for
Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill
that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the
abomination of the children of Ammon.
08 And likewise did he for all his strange wives,
which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their
gods.
09 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because
his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel,
which had appeared unto him twice,
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods: but he
kept not that which the Lord commanded.
11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon,
Forasmuch as 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 days I will not do it
for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it
out of the hand of thy son.
13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom;
but will give one 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's
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 the slain, after he had smitten every male
in Edom;
16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all
Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
17 That Hadad 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 they took men with them out of Paran,
and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him
victuals, and gave him land.
19 And Hadad 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 son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house:
and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the
sons of Pharaoh.
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept
with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of
the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me
depart, that I may go to mine own country.
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou
lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go
to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing:
howbeit let me go in any wise.
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23 And God stirred him up another adversary,
Rezon the son of Eliadah, which 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, and reigned in Damascus.
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days
of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did:
and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite
of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name
was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his
hand against the king.
27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his
hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and
repaired the breaches of the city of David 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 him ruler over all the
charge of the house of Joseph.
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam
went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah
the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had
clad himself with a new garment; and they two
were alone in the field:
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on
him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces:
for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,
Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand
of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant
David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city
which I have chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel:)
33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have
worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the
Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and
Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have
not walked in my ways, to do that which is right
in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my
judgments, as did David his father.
34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out
of his hand: but I will make him prince all the
days of his life for David my servant's sake,
whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and
my statutes:
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's
hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten
tribes.
36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that
David my servant may have a light alway before me
in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to
put my name there.
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign
according to all that thy soul desireth, and
shalt be king over Israel.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all
that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways,
and do that is right in my sight, to keep my
statutes and my commandments, as David my servant
did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a
sure house, as I built for David, and will give
Israel unto thee.
39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David,
but not for ever.
40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And
Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak
king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death
of Solomon.
41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all
that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written
in the book of the acts of Solomon?
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
over all Israel was forty years.
43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David his father: and
Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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