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That Hadad should wait for the death of Joab before requesting leave
to return to Idumaea shows how terrible an impression had been made by
the severe measures which that commander had carried out twe...
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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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SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16....
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_when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers_ Hadad's
first attempt to depart from Egypt was therefore soon after Solomon's
accession. It is clear however from the history that it was...
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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 HADAD FOUND GREAT FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF PHARAOH, SO THAT HE GAVE
HIM TO WIFE THE SISTER OF HIS OWN WIFE, THE SISTER OF TAHPENES THE
QUEEN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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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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(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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WHEN HADAD HEARD. — If (as the text seems to suggest) this took
place on the news of the death of David and of Joab, the scourge of
Edom, it belongs, of course, to the early part of the reign of
Solom...
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וַ הֲדַ֞ד שָׁמַ֣ע בְּ מִצְרַ֗יִם
כִּֽי ־שָׁכַ
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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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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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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(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 WHEN HADAD HEARD IN EGYPT THAT DAVID SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS,....
Was dead and buried, as the death of princes is soon known in other
countries, and especially a king of such fame as David:
AND TH...
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_Hadad said Let me depart, that I may go to my own country_ To Edom,
which he hoped to recover, now that the great enemies of it, David and
Joab, (whom he feared as much as David,) were dead, and Solo...
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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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And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and
that Joab, the captain of the host, was dead, his two most dangerous
enemies thus being removed, HADAD SAID TO PHARAOH, LET ME DEPA...
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Solomon's Adversaries and Death...
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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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LET ME DEPART:
_ Heb._ send me away...
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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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JOAB THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST, whom he feared as much as David himself.
THAT I MAY GO TO MINE OWN COUNTRY; whither accordingly he came, and
was there even from the beginning of Solomon's reign; where h...
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1 Kings 11:21 Hadad H1908 heard H8085 (H8804) Egypt H4714 David H1732
rested H7901 (H8804) fathers...
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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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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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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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_When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers._
A FEW TURNS OF A KALEIDOSCOPE
Let me use this text like a kaleidoscope, giving it three or four
turns, and try to describe what I see. D...
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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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1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Samuel 9:26; 2 Samuel 3:21; Exodus 4:19;...
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Joab — Whom he feared as much as David himself. Own country —
Whither accordingly he came; and was there, even from the beginning of
Solomon's reign. And it is probable, by the near relation which was...