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Verse 1 Kings 11:18. _THESE AROSE OUT OF MIDIAN_] They at first
retired to Midian, which lay to the southwest of the Dead Sea. Not
supposing themselves in safety there, they went afterwards to _Paran...
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MIDIAN - A town in the south of Judah. Paran is the desert tract
immediately to the south of Judaea, the modern desert of et-Tih.
PHARAOH - King of the twenty-first (Tanite) dynasty; probably he was...
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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...
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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...
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_And they arose out of Midian_ It is not easy to decide what place or
district is meant by Midian. The country so called in the time of
Moses (Exodus 2:15; Exodus 3:1) could not have been far away fro...
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II. SOLOMON'S TROUBLES 11:14-40
While reading the preceding Chapter s, one has the impression that
Solomon enjoyed a reign of uninterrupted peace and splendor. But here
at the close of the account of...
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_AND THEY AROSE OUT OF MIDIAN, AND CAME TO PARAN: AND THEY TOOK MEN
WITH THEM OUT OF PARAN, AND THEY CAME TO EGYPT, UNTO PHARAOH KING OF
EGYPT; WHICH GAVE HIM AN HOUSE, AND APPOINTED HIM VICTUALS, AND...
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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...
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MIDIAN.. PARAN] NE. and N. of the Sinaitic peninsula....
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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...
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THEY AROSE OUT OF MIDIAN. — The expression is a curious one; for we
should have expected the starting-point of the flight to have been
described in Edom itself. If the reading of the text is correct,...
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(14-25) The events recorded in this section belong, at least in part,
to the early years of the reign of Solomon. when the deaths of the
warlike David and Joab, and the accession of a mere youth of av...
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וַ יָּקֻ֨מוּ֙ מִ מִּדְיָ֔ן וַ
יָּבֹ֖אוּ פָּאר
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HOLLOW PROSPERITY
1 Kings 11:1
"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
vanity."
- Ecclesiastes 1:2
"At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of
ra...
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THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND
1 Kings 11:14
"He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption."
- Galatians 6:8
SUCH degeneracy could not show itself in the king without danger to
his pe...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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ADVERSARIES OF THE RECREANT KING
1 Kings 11:14
Two of the instruments of Solomon's chastisement are enumerated in
this paragraph.
First, _Hadad, the Edomite_, 1 Kings 11:14. Notice the importance of...
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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...
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_Land, to maintain him (Josephus) out of the royal domains, (Calmet)
of which the kings were possessed. (Didor. i. p. 46.) --- He appointed
him governor of some part of the country. (Vatable)_...
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(14) В¶ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. (15) For it came to pass,
when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY AROSE OUT OF MIDIAN,.... A country which lay in their way to
Egypt, and where it seems they made some stay, and then departed:
AND CAME TO PARAN; near to which was a wilderness of the same n...
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And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men
with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and...
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_They arose out of Midian_ They first went into Midian and stayed
there a while, probably that they might send from thence to know
whether Pharaoh would give them entertainment and protection. _And
ca...
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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...
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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)...
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14-25 While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no
enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If
against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very
gr...
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THEY AROSE OUT OF MIDIAN; he fled at first with an intent _to go into
Egypt_, as is said, 1 KINGS 11:17, but took Midian, a neighbouring
country, in his way, and staid there a while, possibly till he...
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1 Kings 11:18 arose H6965 (H8799) Midian H4080 came H935 (H8799) Paran
H6290 took H3947 (H8799) men...
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YHWH RAISES UP THREE ADVERSARIES TO SOLOMON (1 KINGS 11:14).
At the commencement of his reign Solomon had had to deal with three
rebels against the throne, Adonijah, Abiathar and Joab and Shimei (1
Ki...
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HADAD THE EDOMITE (1 KINGS 11:14).
The first adversary was Hadad, the Edomite. He was of the royal family
of Edom and had escaped the retaliatory massacre that necessarily
followed an Edomite raid on...
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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 h...
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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...
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_And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon._
DIVINE IMPULSES
Is this an old story that has in it no modern pith or music, or is it
our own life anticipated and set in strange lights? Does it...
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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.
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:14 Two men are RAISED UP by God to oppose
Solomon: REZON from the north and HADAD from the south. Where the king
once had peace on all sides ...
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_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14_
THE AGENTS OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION
I. ARE SECRETLY PREPARING WHEN LEAST SUSPECTED. Hadad and Rezon on the
frontier, and Jeroboam under the shadow of the throne, were plott...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1
Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey
respecting the _temple, _and
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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 fo...
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Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 33:2; Exodus 2:15; Genesis 14:6; Genes
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Midian — He fled at first with an intent to go into Egypt, but took
Midian, a neighbouring country, in his way, and staid there a while,
possibly 'till he had by some of his servants tried Pharaoh's m...