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Text -- 1 Kings 11:1-12 (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.
11:7 Furthermore , on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom .
11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods .
11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance away from the Lord , the God of Israel , who had appeared to him on two occasions
11:10 and had warned him about this very thing , so that he would not follow other gods . But he did not obey the Lord’s command .
11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon , “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant .
11:12 However , for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Solomon |
JEROBOAM |
Rulers |
Women |
Backsliders |
Polygamy |
WOMAN |
Instability |
Molech |
Fellowship |
TEMPLE, A1 |
GODS |
Character |
Wife |
Judgments |
Government |
Probation |
Disobedience to God |
Chemosh |
Ashtoreth |
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