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1 But king Solomon loved many strange wom­en, to­geth­er with the daugh­ter of Pharaoh, wom­en of the Moabites, Am­monites, Edomites, Zi­do­nians, and Hit­tites; 2 Of the na­tions concerning which the LORD said unto the chil­dren of Is­rael, Ye shall not go in to them, nei­ther shall they come in unto you: for sure­ly they will turn away your heart af­ter their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had sev­en hun­dred wives, princess­es, and three hun­dred con­cu­bines: and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart af­ter oth­er gods: and his heart was not per­fect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his fa­ther. 5 For Solomon went af­ter Ash­toreth the god­dess of the Zi­do­nians, and af­ter Mil­com the abom­i­na­tion of the Am­monites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not ful­ly af­ter the LORD, as did David his fa­ther. 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abom­i­na­tion of Moab, in the hill that is be­fore Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abom­i­na­tion of the chil­dren of Am­mon. 8 And like­wise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt in­cense and sac­ri­ficed unto their gods. 9 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 should not go af­ter oth­er gods: but he kept not that which the LORD com­mand­ed. 11 Where­fore the LORD said unto Solomon, Foras­much as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have com­mand­ed thee, I will sure­ly rend the king­dom from thee, and will give it to thy ser­vant. 12 Notwith­stand­ing in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 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. 14 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 gone up to bury the slain, af­ter he had smit­ten ev­ery male in Edom; 16 (For six months did Joab re­main there with all Is­rael, un­til he had cut off ev­ery male in Edom:) 17 That Hadad fled, he and cer­tain Edomites of his father's ser­vants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a lit­tle child. 18 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 gave him land. 19 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. 20 And the sis­ter of Tah­penes bare him Genu­bath his son, whom Tah­penes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genu­bath was in Pharaoh's house­hold among the sons of Pharaoh. 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fa­thers, and that Joab the cap­tain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me de­part, that I may go to mine own coun­try. 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, be­hold, thou seek­est to go to thine own coun­try? And he an­swered, Noth­ing: how­beit let me go in any wise. 23 And God stirred him up another ad­ver­sary, Re­zon the son of Eli­adah, which fled from his lord Hadadez­er king of Zobah: 24 And he gath­ered men unto him, and be­came cap­tain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Dam­as­cus, and dwelt there­in, and reigned in Dam­as­cus. 25 And he was an ad­ver­sary to Is­rael all the days of Solomon, be­side the mis­chief that Hadad did: and he ab­horred Is­rael, and reigned over Syr­ia. 26 And Jer­oboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zere­da, Solomon's ser­vant, whose mother's name was Zeru­ah, a wid­ow wom­an, even he lift­ed up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lift­ed up his hand against the king: Solomon built Mil­lo, and re­paired the breach­es of the city of David his fa­ther. 28 And the man Jer­oboam was a mighty man of val­our: and Solomon see­ing the young man that he was in­dus­tri­ous, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. 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 alone in the field: 30 And Ahi­jah caught the new gar­ment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31 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: 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my ser­vant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have cho­sen out of all the tribes of Is­rael:) 33 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 ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and ­to keep my statutes and my judg­ments, as did David his fa­ther. 34 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 statutes: 35 But I will take the king­dom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my ser­vant may have a light al­way be­fore me in Jerusalem, the city which I have cho­sen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign ac­cord­ing to all that thy soul de­sireth, and shalt be king over Is­rael. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hear­ken unto all that I com­mand thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my com­mand­ments, as David my ser­vant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Is­rael unto thee. 39 And I will for this af­flict the seed of David, but not for ev­er. 40 Solomon sought there­fore to kill Jer­oboam. And Jer­oboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt un­til the death of Solomon. 41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wis­dom, are they not writ­ten in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Is­rael was forty years. 43 And Solomon slept with his fa­thers, and was buried in the city of David his fa­ther: and Re­hoboam his son reigned in his stead.