Introduction
Solomon's attachment to strange women, and consequent idolatry, 1 Kings 11:1 , 1 Kings 11:2 . Number of his wives and concubines, 1 Kings 11:3 . In his old age they turn away his heart from God, 1 Kings 11:4 . He builds temples to idols, burns incense and sacrifices to them, 1 Kings 11:5-8 . The Lord is angry with him, and threatens to deprive him of the kingdom, but will leave one tribe for David's sake, 1 Kings 11:9-13 . The Lord stirs up Hadad, the Edomite, to be his enemy; the history of this man, 1 Kings 11:14-22 . He stirs another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah. He and Hadad plague Israel, 1 Kings 11:23-25 . Jeroboam also becomes his enemy, and the reason why, 1 Kings 11:26-28 . Ahijah the prophet meets Jeroboam, and promises, in the name of the Lord, that God will rend Israel from the family of Solomon, and give him ten tribes, 1 Kings 11:29-39 . Solomon, hearing of this, seeks to put Jeroboam to death, who escapes to Egypt, where he continues till the death of Solomon, 1 Kings 11:40 . Solomon dies, after having reigned over Israel forty years; and his son Rehoboam reigns in his stead, 1 Kings 11:41-43 .
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