1 Kings 11:7, 1 Kings 11:33 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 11:7

Chemosh. Compare Numbers 21:29 . Jeremiah 48:7 , Jeremiah 48:13 , Jeremiah 48:46 ; 2 Kings 23:13 . the hill, &c. = Mount of Olives! Hence called "the Mount of Corruption" (2 Kings 23:13 ). Molech. Generally has the article and denotes the king-idol (Leviticus 18:21 ; Leviticus 20:2 , Leviticus 20:3 , Leviticus 20:4 , Leviticus 20:5 ; Leviticus 11:7 . 2 Kings 23:10 . Jeremiah 32:35 ). Isaiah 30:33 with Isaiah 57:9 may be Molech, the idol, and not Melek, "king". read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-8

Solomon’s foreign wives 11:1-8The writer’s condemnation of Solomon in 1 Kings 11:1-2 rests on Deuteronomy 23:3-9 as well as Deuteronomy 7:3-4. The phraseology goes back to Deuteronomy 23:3-9 and the motive to Deuteronomy 7:3-4 (cf. Exodus 23:31-33; Exodus 34:15-16; Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 13:26). Solomon’s foreign wives were of two categories: Canaanites prohibited in Deuteronomy 7, and women from other nations prohibited in Deuteronomy 23. [Note: See Shaye Cohen, "Solomon and the Daughter of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-43

4. Solomon’s apostasy ch. 11The writer brought Solomon’s weaknesses and sins, to which he only hinted previously, into the light in this chapter. Solomon had sown some seeds of departure from God and His Word early in his reign. They bore bitter fruit as he grew older. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Solomon’s Errors and their Consequences. His DeathThis chapter furnishes an account of Solomon’s marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the toleration of idolatry, which provoked the Lord’s anger. This was manifested in the growth of opposition abroad and disaffection at home, so that an otherwise brilliant reign had a cloudy ending.3. Seven hundred wives] The Persian king Darius Codomannus is said to have had, besides his own wife, 329 concubines. 4.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:1-8

(1-8) The defection of Solomon is distinctly traced to his polygamy, contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is also attributed to David (see 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 2 Samuel 15:16), marking perhaps the characteristic temperament of voluptuousness, which seduced him into his great sin; but it was carried out by Solomon on a scale corresponding to the magnificence of his kingdom, and probably had in his case the political object of alliance with neighbouring or tributary kings. We... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:7

(7) On the hill that is before Jerusalem.—evidently on the Mount of Olives (part of which still traditionally bears the name of the “Mount of Offence”), facing and rivalling the Temple on Mount Moriah. Tophet, the place of actual sacrifice to Molech, was “in the valley of the son of Hinnom” (2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:31), which (see Jeremiah 19:2) was east or south-east. of the city, and would lie not far from the foot of the mountain. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Solomon and Toleration 1 Kings 11:6-8 I. There is a proverb that tells us that 'no one became thoroughly bad all at once,' 'Nemo repente fit turpissimus'. And so it was with Solomon; as the stream of his career sweeps by us in Holy Scripture, windows, as it were, are opened for us through which we gaze out on that sunny flood, so full of promise, carrying on its bosom such rich opportunities and varied treasures, and we note that as it gets wider it loses its pure beauty, as it gets deeper it... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:1-13

THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON1 Kings 11:1-13"That uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul."- MILTON, Paradise Lost."Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin by these things?"- Nehemiah 13:26"That they might know, that wherewithal a man sinneth, by the same also shall he be punished."- #/RAPC Wisdom of Solomon 11:15.SOLOMON had endeavored to give a one-sided development to Israelitish nationality, and a development little in accord with the highest and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:1-43

HOLLOW PROSPERITY1 Kings 11:1-43"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 rank unwieldy woe, Till, sapp’d their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round." - GOLDSMITH.THERE was a ver rongeur at the root of all Solomon’s prosperity. His home was afflicted with the curse of his polygamy, his kingdom with the Curse of his despotism. Failure... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 11:1-43

7. Solomon’s Failure: judgment Announced and the beginning of Disruption CHAPTER 11 1. Solomon’s polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1-13 ) 2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14-22 ) 3. Rezon the second adversary (1 Kings 11:23-25 ) 4. Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26-40 ) 5. Solomon’s reign and death (1 Kings 11:41-43 ) “But--.” An ominous word with which this chapter begins. It introduces us to the sad picture of Solomon’s great apostasy. “He shall not multiply horses to himself, nor... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 11:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-43

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:1-8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:7

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:1-13

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 11:1-43

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