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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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ASHTORETH.
Chemosh. See notes on verses: 1 Kings 11:5 and 1 Kings 11:7.
MILCOM....
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_they have forsaken_ The examples of men in high place are infectious.
Solomon's idolatry had led away others, and involved the nation in the
sin of the king. The LXX. and other versions however have...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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יַ֣עַן ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָב֗וּנִי וַ
יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֮ לְ...
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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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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...
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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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(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...
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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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BECAUSE THAT THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME,.... My worship, as the Targum;
both Solomon and the children of Israel following his example; which
is not to be wondered at, considering how prone they always were...
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Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom
the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my...
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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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because that they have forsaken me, the people having taken their cue
from the king and indulged in the idol worship which he permitted the
members of his harem, AND HAVE WORSHIPED ASHTORETH, THE GODD...
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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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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...
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THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME, i.e. the king, and his concubines, and people,
who easily followed his example, but were not at all excused by it....
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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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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...
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“ Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth
the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the
god of the children of Ammon, and they have not walked in my w...
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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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_Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold I will rend the kingdom out
of the hand of Solomon._
THE PURPOSE OF GOD
“Nothing,” we are told, “succeeds like success.” It is the
sign of a man of transcen...
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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 11:26 Solomon’s most significant enemy was
JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT. He was the former superintendent of the
FORCED LABOR OF THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, those who had been helping wi...
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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 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings 11:5; 1 Kings 11:9; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 K