Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Kings 11:34
Translate - “Howbeit I will not take ought of the kingdom out of his hand.” The context requires this sense.
Translate - “Howbeit I will not take ought of the kingdom out of his hand.” The context requires this sense.
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...
D. THE REBELLION OF JEROBOAM 11:26-40 TRANSLATION (26) And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, even he raised up a hand aga...
_AND HE SAID TO JEROBOAM, TAKE THEE TEN PIECES: FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, BEHOLD, I WILL REND THE KINGDOM OUT OF THE HAND OF SOLOMON, AND WILL GIVE TEN TRIBES TO THEE:_ No JFB comme...
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...
TAKE THEE TEN PIECES. — The message delivered by Ahijah first repeats exactly the former warning to Solomon (1 Kings 11:9), marking, by the two reserved pieces of the garment, the duality of the “one...
וְ לֹֽא ־אֶקַּ֥ח אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ מַּמְלָכָ֖ה
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 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...
THE KINGDOM PROMISED TO HIS SERVANT 1 Kings 11:26 The opening Chapter s of Jeroboam's life were very promising. He sprang from the ranks of the toilers, but his business talent attracted the notice o...
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...
_Make, or permit him to reign. (Menochius)_...
(29) And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alo...
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 TAKE THE KINGDOM OUT OF HIS HAND,.... Not any part of it, 1 Kings 11:12, BUT I WILL MAKE HIM PRINCE ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE; that is, he shall continue to hold the government of...
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statute...
_I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hands_ Solomon held even the ten tribes as long as he lived. _But I will make him prince all the days of his life_ This was an admonition to Jeroboam not...
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 Adversaries and Death...
Howbeit, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince, ruler, ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE FOR DAVID, MY SERVANT'S SAKE, WHOM I CHOSE BECAUSE HE KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS AND M...
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)...
26-40 In telling the reason why God rent the kingdom from the house of Solomon, Ahijah warned Jeroboam to take heed of sinning away his preferment. Yet the house of David must be supported; out of it...
THE WHOLE KINGDOM, to wit, of Israel, that which I have designed for thee. Or rather, _I will not take any thing_, or part _of the kingdom_. For the Hebrew phrase _lo col_, which properly signifies _n...
1 Kings 11:34 take H3947 (H8799) kingdom H4467 hand H3027 made H7896 (H8799) ruler H5387 days H3117 life...
“ However that may be I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my...
JEROBOAM THE REBEL (1 KINGS 11:26). Because Solomon had not responded to YHWH's chastening and had grievously sinned YHWH, now raised up one who was to be given the large part of Solomon's kingdom. H...
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...
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...
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 11:34 A LAMP BEFORE ME IN JERUSALEM. Solomon will lose no tribes during his lifetime. His son is to have one tribe, to preserve the line of Davidic kings....
_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...
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
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 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:31; Habakkuk 3:2; Isaiah 55:3