One tribe - i. e., (marginal reference) the tribe of Judah. Benjamin was looked upon as absorbed in Judah, so as not to be really a tribe in the same sense as the others. Still, in memory of the fact that the existing tribe of Judah was a double one 1 Kings 12:2 l, the prophet Ahijah tore his garment into twelve parts, and kept back two from Jeroboam 1 Kings 11:30.
Verse 1 Kings 11:13. _WILL GIVE ONE TRIBE - FOR DAVID MY SERVANT'S SAKE_] The line of the _Messiah_ must be preserved. The _prevailing lion_ must come out of the tribe of Judah: not only the tribe mu...
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...
ONE TRIBE. Benjamin reckoned as part of Judah....
but _will give one tribe_ The reference is to the tribe of Judah from which the southern kingdom took its name. Benjamin which went with Judah was so small as to be hardly worth accounting of, and Sim...
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...
_HOWBEIT I WILL NOT REND AWAY ALL THE KINGDOM; BUT WILL GIVE ONE TRIBE TO THY SON FOR DAVID MY SERVANT'S SAKE, AND FOR JERUSALEM'S SAKE WHICH I HAVE CHOSEN._ I will give one tribe to thy son - i:e.,...
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...
FOR DAVID MY SERVANT’S SAKE — that is, evidently, in order to fulfil the promise to David. By the postponement of the chastisement, the blessing promised to his son personally would be still preserved...
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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...
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...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give one (g) tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. (g) Because the tribes of Judah and B...
One tribe. Besides that of Juda, his own native tribe. (Challoner) --- That of Benjamin had been so reduced, that it scarcely deserved the name of a tribe. It was also invariably connected with the ad...
(9) В¶ And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, (10) And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he shoul...
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...
HOWBEIT, I WILL NOT REND AWAY ALL THE KINGDOM,.... The whole kingdom of Israel: BUT WILL GIVE ONE TRIBE TO THY SON; but it seems he had both Benjamin and Judah, and only ten tribes were rent from him...
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. Ver. 13. _I will not rend away all._] Her...
_Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon_ Probably by some prophet. _I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and give it to thy servant_ Namely, Jeroboam, whom God permitted to rise into power and infl...
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...
Howbeit, I will not rend away all the kingdom, he intended still to show his merciful goodness, BUT WILL GIVE ONE TRIBE TO THY SON FOR DAVID, MY SERVANT'S, SAKE AND FOR JERUSALEM'S SAKE WHICH I HAVE C...
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)...
9-13 The Lord told Solomon, it is likely by a prophet, what he must expect for his apostacy. Though we have reason to hope that he repented, and found mercy, yet the Holy Ghost did not expressly recor...
How but _one tribe_, when he had both Judah and Benjamin, 2 CHRONICLES 11:12 ? ANSW. Either Benjamin is swallowed up in Judah, because it was comparatively very small, and their habitation much interm...
1 Kings 11:13 However H7535 away H7167 (H8799) kingdom H4467 give H5414 (H8799) one H259 tribe H7626 son...
YHWH'S VERDICT AND JUDGMENT ON THE HOUSE OF SOLOMON (1 KINGS 11:9). Solomon had no doubt appeased his conscience by persuading himself that he was still honouring YHWH at the regular feasts when he t...
“ However that may be I will not rend away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.” Furthermore, because He h...
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...
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.
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:9 THE LORD WAS ANGRY WITH SOLOMON.... I WILL SURELY TEAR THE KINGDOM FROM YOU. This is what 1 Kings 2:4;...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 11:11. FORASMUCH AS THIS IS DONE OF THEE; or, is purposed of thee. _HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:9_ THE DIVINE ANGER AND HUMAN DISOBEDIENCE I. THAT THE DIVINE A...
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 fo...
1 Chronicles 17:13; 1 Chronicles 17:14; 1 Kings 11:11; 1 Kings 11:12;...
One tribe — Benjamin was not entirely his, but part of it adhered to Jeroboam, as Bethel, 1 Kings 12:29, and Hephron, 2 Chronicles 13:19, both which were towns of Benjamin....