What does 1 Kings 11:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcoma the abomination of the Ammonites."
WENT AFTER - This expression is common in the Pentateuch, and always signifies actual idolatry (see Deuteronomy 11:28; Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 28:14, etc.). For Ashtoreth, or Astarte, the goddes...
7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF DISRUPTION CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_ 2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) 3. Rezon the...
SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the...
ASHTORETH. Compare Judges 2:13. 1Sa 7:3. 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Samuel 31:10. MILCOM. Same as _Malcham,_ the Aramaic pronunciation of Molech (1 Kings 11:7). See Zephaniah 1:5. Translated "their king" (Jer...
_Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians_ Ashtoreth was the chief female divinity of the Phœnicians, as Baal was their chief male deity. As Baal has been identified with the sun, so Ashtoreth has by so...
I. SOLOMON'S TRANSGRESSIONS 11:1-13 TRANSLATION (1) And King Solomon loved many strange women, even Pharaoh's daughter, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian and Hittite women (2) from the nations of...
_FOR SOLOMON WENT AFTER ASHTORETH THE GODDESS OF THE ZIDONIANS, AND AFTER MILCOM THE ABOMINATION OF THE AMMONITES._ Ashtoreth - plural, Ashtaroth (Astarte), a female divinity worshipped by the Sidoni...
SOLOMON'S ERRORS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. HIS DEATH This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the toleration of i...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 SOLOMON *WORSHIPS FALSE GODS V1 Solomon, however, loved many foreign women. He married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also mar...
(1-8) The defection of Solomon is distinctly traced to his polygamy, contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is also attributed to David (see 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 15:16), marki...
וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים וְ אַחֲרֵ֣י מִלְכֹּ֔ם שִׁקֻּ֖ץ עַמֹּנִֽים׃...
THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON 1 Kings 11:1 "That uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul." - MILTON, Paradise Lost. "Did not Solomon, king of Israel, s...
A HEART TURNED AWAY FROM GOD 1 Kings 11:1 The practice of mixed marriages was in direct violation of the divine Law, Deuteronomy 7:3, and it led to idolatry. All around the Holy City arose heathen te...
At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the man had ever a strong animal side. His commercial enterprise...
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after (d) Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (d) Who was also called Molech in (1 Kings 11:7). See also (2 Kings 23:10)....
_Astarthe. Hebrew Hashtoreth, "ewes," is in the plural form, as if to denote many idols. But the moon, or the queen of heaven, (Jeremias vii. 18.) is particularly designated, Judges ii. 12. (Haydock)...
(2) Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their go...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom from Go...
AND SOLOMON WENT AFTER ASHTORETH THE GODDESS OF THE ZIDONIANS,.... Enticed by the Zidonian women, or woman, he had, 1 Kings 11:1. According to the Phoenician histories i, Solomon married a daughter of...
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. Ver. 5. _For Solomon went after Ashtoreth,_] _i.e., _ Venus, as some will have it, or...
1 Kin. 11:5-7. It does not appear that Solomon did himself worship these strange gods. But what his wives persuaded him to, was to build high places for them to worship their gods in: he probably went...
_Solomon went after Ashtoreth_ Called also Astarte. See on Judges 2:13. _And after Milcom_ The same, it is thought, with Molech, who is here called an abomination, because highly detested by God. _Sol...
1 Solomons wiues and concubines. 4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threatneth him. 14 Solomons aduersaries were Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt, 23 Rezon who reigned in Damascu...
Solomon's Love of Women and Idolatry...
MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyedDeuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites (v.1...
1-8 There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human depravity in the sacred Scriptures, than that here recorded. Solomon became a public worshipper of abominable idols! Probably he by...
SOLOMON WENT AFTER ASHTORETH, in manner explained in the former verse. _Milcom_, called also _Molech_; of which see LEVITICUS 18:21 2 KINGS 23:10....
1 Kings 11:5 Solomon H8010 went H3212 (H8799) after H310 Ashtoreth H6253 goddess H430 Sidonians H6722 after H310 Milcom H4445 abomination H8251 Ammonites H5984 Ashtoreth - 1 Kings 11:33; Judges 2:13,...
SOLOMON THROWS HIMSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO IDOLATRY BECAUSE OF HIS WIVES (1 KINGS 11:1). Solomon's obsession with his own glory inevitably resulted in his beginning to feel that he was so great that...
ASHTORETH (1 Kings 11:33). (_ See Scofield) - (Judges 2:13). _...
CONTENTS: Solomon's heart turned. Chastened of God. Rise of Jeroboam. Death of Solomon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hadad, Pharaoh, Rezon, Jeroboam, Adoram, Ahijah. CONCLUSION: The way of sin is down...
1 Kings 11:1. _Solomon loved many strange women,_ of gentile nations, and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India are married to great men merely as a mark of honour, and they...
_But King Solomon loved many strange women._ SOLOMON’S SIN A few years ago two paintings were exhibited in this country, which attracted wide attention. One of them represented Rome in the height of...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:1 Throughout chs. 1 Kings 1:1 there have been hints that all is not well with Solomon’s heart. Now comes the inevitable conclusion: Solomon’s sins have led him to apostasy....
THE DECLINE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 11:1. BUT KING SOLOMON LOVED MANY STRANGE WOMEN—If importations of foreign luxuries and indulgences into his court (see previ...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S DEFECTION.—The observant reader will have already remarked in this history some intimations of Solomon's approaching fall. Among these are, first, the repeated warnings which are...
Chapter eleven. But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughters of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites (1 Kings 11:1); Now turn back f...
1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Samuel 7:4; 2 Kings 23:13; Jeremiah 2:10; Judges 10:6; Judges 2:13; Leviticus 1
Milcom — Called also Moloch....