Dual Panel1King <04428> Solomon <08010> fell in love <0157> with many <07227> foreign <05237> women <0802> (besides Pharaoh’s <06547> daughter <01323>), including Moabites <04125>, Ammonites <05984>, Edomites <0130>, Sidonians <06722>, and Hittites <02850>.
2They came from <04480> nations <01471> about which <0834> the Lord <03069> had warned <0559> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, “You must not <03808> establish friendly relations <0935> with them <01992>! If you do, they will surely <0403> shift <05186> your allegiance <03824> to <0310> their gods <0430>.” But Solomon <08010> was irresistibly <01692> attracted <0160> to them.
3He had 700 <03967> <07651> royal <08282> wives <0802> and 300 <03967> <07969> concubines <06370>; his wives <0802> had a powerful <05186> influence <03820> over him.
4When Solomon <08010> became <01961> old <02209>, his wives <0802> shifted <05186> his allegiance <03824> to <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>; he was <01961> not <03808> wholeheartedly devoted <08003> <03824> to <05973> the Lord <03068> his God <0430>, as his father <01> David <01732> had been.
5Solomon <08010> worshiped <0310> <01980> the Sidonian <06722> goddess <0430> Astarte <06253> and <0310> the detestable <08251> Ammonite <05984> god Milcom <04445>.
6Solomon <08010> did <06213> evil <07451> in the Lord’s <03068> sight <05869>; he did not <03808> remain loyal <04390> to <0310> the Lord <03068>, like his father <01> David <01732> had.
7Furthermore <0227>, on <05921> the hill <02022> east <06440> of Jerusalem <03389> Solomon <08010> built <01129> a high place <01116> for the detestable <08251> Moabite <04124> god Chemosh <03645> and for the detestable <08251> Ammonite <05983> <01121> god Milcom <04432>.
8He built <06213> high places for all <03605> his foreign <05237> wives <0802> so they could burn incense <06999> and make sacrifices <02076> to their gods <0430>.
9The Lord <03068> was angry <0599> with Solomon <08010> because <03588> he had shifted <05186> his allegiance <03824> away from the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, who had appeared <07200> to <0413> him on two occasions <06471>
10and had warned <06680> him about <05921> this <02088> very thing <01697>, so that he would not <01115> follow <0310> <01980> other <0312> gods <0430>. But he did not <03808> obey <08104> the Lord’s <03068> command <06680>.
11So the Lord <03068> said <0559> to Solomon <08010>, “Because <0834> <03282> you insist on doing <01961> these <02063> things and <05973> have not <03808> kept <08104> the covenantal <01285> rules <02708> I gave <06680> you, I will surely tear <07167> <07167> the kingdom <04467> away <07167> <07167> from <05921> you and give <05414> it to your servant <05650>.
12However <0389>, for your father <01> David’s <01732> sake I will not <03808> do <06213> this while <04616> you are alive. I will tear <07167> it away <07167> from your son’s <01121> hand <03027> instead.
13But <07535> I will not <03808> tear away <07167> the entire <03605> kingdom <04467>; I will leave <05414> your son <01121> one <0259> tribe <07626> for <04616> my servant <05650> David’s <01732> sake and for <04616> the sake of my chosen <0977> city Jerusalem <03389>.”
14The Lord <03068> brought <06965> against Solomon <08010> an enemy <07854>, Hadad <01908> the Edomite <0130>, a descendant <02233> of the Edomite <0123> king <04428>.
15During <01961> David’s <01732> campaign against <0854> Edom <0123>, Joab <03097>, the commander <08269> of the army <06635>, while on a mission <05927> to bury <06912> the dead <02491>, killed <05221> every <03605> male <02145> in Edom <0123>.
16For <03588> six <08337> months <02320> Joab <03097> and the entire <03605> Israelite <03478> army stayed <03427> there <08033> until <05704> they had exterminated <03772> every <03605> male <02145> in Edom <0123>.
17Hadad <01908>, who was only a small <06996> boy <05288> at the time, escaped <01272> with <0854> some of his father’s <01> Edomite <0130> servants <05650> and headed <0935> for Egypt <04714>.
18They went <06965> from Midian <04080> to Paran <06290>; they took <03947> some men <0582> from <05973> Paran <06290> and went <0935> to <0413> Egypt <04714>. Pharaoh <06547>, king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, supplied <05414> him with a house <01004> and food <03899> and even assigned <05414> him some land <0776>.
19Pharaoh <06547> liked <05869> <02580> <04672> Hadad <01908> so well <03966> he gave <05414> him his sister-in-law <0269> <0802> (Queen <01377> Tahpenes <08472>’ sister <0269>) as a wife <0802>.
20Tahpenes <08472>’ sister <0269> gave birth <03205> to his son <01121>, named Genubath <01592>. Tahpenes <08472> raised him in <08432> Pharaoh’s <06547> palace <01004>; Genubath <01592> grew up in Pharaoh’s <06547> palace <01004> among <08432> Pharaoh’s <06547> sons <01121>.
21While in Egypt <04714> Hadad <01908> heard <08085> that <03588> David <01732> had passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and that <03588> Joab <03097>, the commander <08269> of the army <06635>, was dead <04191>. So Hadad <01908> asked <0559> Pharaoh <06547>, “Give <07971> me permission to leave <07971> so I can return <01980> to <0413> my homeland <0776>.”
22Pharaoh <06547> said <0559> to him, “What <04100> do you <0859> lack <02638> here <02005> that makes you want <01245> to go <01980> to <0413> your homeland <0776>?” Hadad replied <0559>, “Nothing <03808>, but <03588> please give <07971> <07971> me permission <07971> <07971> to leave <07971> <07971>.”
23God <0430> also brought <06965> against Solomon another enemy <07854>, Rezon <07331> son <01121> of Eliada <0450> who <0834> had run away <01272> from his master <0113>, King <04428> Hadadezer <01909> of Zobah <06678>.
24He gathered <06908> some men <0376> and organized <01961> a raiding band <01416> <08269>. When David <01732> tried to kill <02026> them, they went <01980> to Damascus <01834>, where they settled down <03427> and gained control <04427> of the city <01834>.
25He was <01961> Israel’s <03478> enemy <07854> throughout <03605> Solomon’s <08010> reign <03117> and, like Hadad <01908>, caused <0854> trouble <07451>. He loathed <06973> Israel <03478> and ruled <04427> over <05921> Syria <0758>.
26Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, one of Solomon’s <08010> servants <05650>, rebelled <03027> <07311> against the king <04428>. He was an Ephraimite <0673> from <04480> Zeredah <06868> whose mother <0517> was a widow <0490> named <08034> Zeruah <06871>.
27This <02088> is what <01697> prompted <03027> <07311> him to rebel <03027> <07311> against the king <04428>: Solomon <08010> built <01129> a terrace <04407> and he closed up <05462> a gap <06556> in the wall of the city <05892> of his father <01> David <01732>.
28Jeroboam <03379> was a talented <02428> man <0376>; when Solomon <08010> saw <07200> that the young man <05288> was an accomplished <06213> worker <04399>, he made him the leader <06485> of the work crew <05447> from the tribe <01004> of Joseph <03130>.
29At that time <06256>, when Jeroboam <03379> had left <03318> Jerusalem <03389>, the prophet <05030> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888> met <04672> him on the road <01870>; the two <08147> of them were alone <0905> in the open country <07704>. Ahijah <01931> was wearing <03680> a brand new <02319> robe <08008>,
30and he <0281> grabbed <08610> the robe <08008> and tore <07167> it into twelve <06240> <08147> pieces <07168>.
31Then he told <0559> Jeroboam <03379>, “Take <03947> ten <06235> pieces <07168>, for <03588> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: ‘Look <02005>, I am about to tear <07167> the kingdom <04467> from Solomon’s <08010> hand <03027> and I will give <05414> ten <06235> tribes <07626> to you.
32He will retain <01961> one <0259> tribe <07626>, for <04616> my servant <05650> David’s <01732> sake <04616> and for the sake <04616> of Jerusalem <03389>, the city <05892> I have chosen out <0977> of all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>.
33I am taking the kingdom from him because <03282> they have abandoned <05800> me and worshiped <07812> the Sidonian <06722> goddess <0430> Astarte <06253>, the Moabite <04124> god <0430> Chemosh <03645>, and the Ammonite <05983> <01121> god <0430> Milcom <04445>. They have not <03808> followed <01980> my instructions <01870> by doing <06213> what I approve <03477> and obeying <05869> my rules <02708> and regulations <04941>, like Solomon’s father <01> David <01732> did.
34I will not <03808> take <03947> the <0853> whole <03605> kingdom <04467> from his hand <03027>. I will allow <07896> him to be ruler <05387> for <03588> the rest <03117> <03605> of his life <02416> for the sake <04616> of my chosen <0977> servant <05650> David <01732> who <0834> kept <08104> my commandments <04687> and rules <02708>.
35I will take <03947> the kingdom <04410> from the hand <03027> of his son <01121> and give <05414> ten <06235> tribes <07626> to you.
36I will leave <05414> his son <01121> one <0259> tribe <07626> so <04616> my servant <05650> David’s <01732> dynasty <05216> may continue <03117> <03605> to serve <06440> me in Jerusalem <03389>, the city <05892> I have chosen <0977> as my home <08034>.
37I will select <03947> you; you will rule over <04427> all <0834> <03605> you <05315> desire <0183> to have and you will be <01961> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>.
38You must obey <08085> all <03605> I command <06680> you to do, follow <01980> my instructions <01870>, do <06213> what I approve <05869> <03477>, and keep <08104> my rules <02708> and commandments <04687>, like <0834> my servant <05650> David <01732> did <06213>. Then I will be <01961> with <05973> you and establish <01129> for you a lasting <0539> dynasty <01004>, as <0834> I did <01129> for David <01732>; I will give <05414> you Israel <03478>.
39I will humiliate <06031> David’s <01732> descendants <02233> because of <04616> this <02063>, but not <03808> forever <03117> <03605>.”
40Solomon <08010> tried <01245> to kill <04191> Jeroboam <03379>, but Jeroboam <03379> escaped <06965> to Egypt <04714> and found refuge <01272> with <0413> King <04428> Shishak <07895> of Egypt <04714>. He stayed <01961> in Egypt <04714> until <05704> Solomon <08010> died <04194>.
41The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Solomon’s <08010> reign, including <0834> all <03605> his accomplishments <06213> and his wise decisions <02451>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <01697> of Solomon <08010>.
42Solomon <08010> ruled <04427> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478> from Jerusalem <03389> for forty <0705> years <08141>.
43Then Solomon <08010> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in the city <05892> of his father <01> David <01732>. His son <01121> Rehoboam <07346> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.