1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along…
2These women were from the nations about which…
3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth…
4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned…
5Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians…
6So Solomon did evil in the sight of…
7At that time on a hill east of…
8He did the same for all his foreign…
9Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because…
10Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to…
11Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you…
12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David,…
13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom…
14Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an…
15Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the…
16Joab and all Israel had stayed there six…
17But Hadad, still just a young boy, had…
18Hadad and his men set out from Midian…
19There Hadad found such great favor in the…
20And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a…
21When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had…
22But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked…
23And God raised up against Solomon another adversary,…
24and had gathered men to himself. When David…
25Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of…
26Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite…
27and this is the account of his rebellion…
28Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor.…
29During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite…
30And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak…
31and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for…
32But one tribe will remain for the sake…
33For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth…
34Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom…
35But I will take ten tribes of the…
36I will give one tribe to his son,…
37But as for you, I will take you,…
38If you listen to all that I command…
39Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but…
40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam…
41As for the rest of the acts of…
42Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem…
43And Solomon rested with his fathers and was…
