1 Kings 11:9-40 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 11:9-13

Here is, I. God's anger against Solomon for his sin. The thing he did displeased the Lord. Time was then the Lord loved Solomon (2 Sam. 12:24) and delighted in him (1 Kgs. 10:9), but now the Lord was angry with Solomon (1 Kgs. 11:9), for there was in his sin, 1. The most base ingratitude that could be. He turned from the Lord who had appeared unto him twice, once before he began to build the temple (1 Kgs. 3:5) and once after he had dedicated it, 1 Kgs. 9:2. God keeps account of the gracious... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 11:14-25

While Solomon kept closely to God and to his duty there was no adversary nor evil occurrent (1 Kgs. 5:4), nothing to create him any disturbance or uneasiness in the least; but here we have an account of two adversaries that appeared against him, inconsiderable, and that could not have done any thing worth taking notice of if Solomon had not first made God his enemy. What hurt could Hadad or Rezon have done to so great and powerful a king as Solomon was if he had not, by sin, made himself mean... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 11:26-40

We have here the first mention of that infamous name Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made Israel to sin; he is here brought upon the stage as an adversary to Solomon, whom God had expressly told (1 Kgs. 11:11) that he would give the greatest part of his kingdom to his servant, and Jeroboam was the man. We have here an account, I. Of his extraction, 1 Kgs. 11:26. He was of the tribe of Ephraim, he next in honour to Judah. His mother was a widow, to whom Providence had made up the loss of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:9

And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel ,.... Or from the fear of him, as the Targum, which must in a great measure be cast off, or he could not have given in to idolatry in any shape as he did; for it was for that the Lord was displeased, the which nothing is more provoking to him, as may be often observed: which had appeared unto him twice ; once at Gibeon, and again after his prayer at the dedication of the temple, 1 Kings 3:5 ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:10

And had commanded him concerning this thing that he should not go after other gods ,.... Which is another aggravation of his sin that it was against an express command of God, and was particularly given him, and he was warned to observe it, and threatened with evil should he break it: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded : see 1 Kings 9:5 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:11

Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon ,.... Not in a vision, as before, but by a prophet; the Jews say F14 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 53. Kimchi in loc. , Ahijah the Shilonite, which is probable, see 1 Kings 11:29 . forasmuch as this is done of thee, that thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded thee ; but broke them by his idolatry: I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and I will give it to thy servant ; meaning Jeroboam, who was not only a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:12

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake ,.... Not for the merits of David, but the promises made to him, 2 Samuel 7:12 , but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son ; and immediate successor, Rehoboam. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:13

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; the reason of this mode of expression may be, either because he gave him one of the tribes of Israel, besides that of Judah, which was his own tribe; or only the tribe of Judah is meant, the whole tribe of Benjamin not being his, since Bethel, and some other places in that tribe, were in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:14

And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite ,.... Though he did not take his kingdom from him for his sin, he chastised him with the rod of men, as he said he would; suffering one, and then another, to rise up and disturb his peace in his old age, see 2 Samuel 7:14 . he was of the king's seed in Edom ; of the blood royal. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:15

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom ,.... Fighting with the Edomites, and subduing them, and putting garrisons in the land, 2 Samuel 8:14 . and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain : the Israelites that fell in battle, or whom the Edomites afterwards, through stratagem and surprise, fell upon in their garrisons and destroyed, and which caused Joab to go thither to bury them, and take vengeance on the Edomites for it; or these were the Edomites slain by... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 11:9-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 11:14-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 11:26-40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:15

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