1 Kings 11:11

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, ¹  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 11:33-34

11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him ²  because they have ³  abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions ⁴  by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. ⁵  11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

¹ tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

² tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

⁴ tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

⁵ tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”