1Ki 11:1-6 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Kings 11:1-6 (NET)

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The Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry

11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. 11:2 They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. 11:3 He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him. 11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. 11:5 Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 11:6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, like his father David had.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Ammonite the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon

· Ammonites the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon

· Ashtoreth a goddess

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Edomite resident(s) of the region of Edom

· Hittite a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Milcom a pagan god, the national deity of the Ammonites (IBD)

· Moabite a female descendant of Moab

· Pharaoh the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Abraham's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Joseph's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who refused to let Israel leave Egypt,the title of the king of Egypt whose daughter Solomon married,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in the time of Isaiah,the title Egypt's ruler just before Moses' time

· Sidonians residents of the town of Sidon

· Solomon the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David

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NET Notes: 1Ki 11:2 Heb “Solomon clung to them for love.” The pronominal suffix, translated “them,” is masculine here, even though it appears the ...

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:3 Heb “his wives bent his heart.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:4 Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:5 Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:6 The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”

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