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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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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
 · Chemosh a pagan god; the national god of Moab
 · 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
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Milcom a pagan god, the national deity of the Ammonites (IBD)
 · Moab resident(s) of the country of Moab
 · Moabite a female descendant of Moab
 · Molech the national pagan god of the Ammonites (IBD)
 · 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


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 | more
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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.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:7 The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:8 Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:9 These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:10 Or “keep.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 11:11 Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

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