1 Kings 11:40

40. Solomon sought… to kill Jeroboam He probably not only heard of Ahijah’s prophecy, but also saw in the youthful Ephraimite an insubordinate spirit and disposition to usurp his throne. Solomon’s relations to Jeroboam were strikingly similar to those of Saul to David. Solomon, like Saul, drew down upon himself by disobedience the anger of Heaven; and to him, as to Saul, the word of the Lord announced judgments that darkened all his future. Like Saul, he knew, and sought to kill, his rival. The beginning of his reign, like that of Saul’s, was popular and auspicious, but its end was sad and dark. But Jeroboam, unlike David, who would not lift up his hand against the Lord’s anointed, was ambitious to reign, and acted not with modesty and prudence towards his king.

Shishak This is the first instance in sacred history where the name of an Egyptian king is given as other than the common title Pharaoh, and it becomes therefore important in adjusting Egyptian and Hebrew chronology. The fact that he received and entertained the enemy and rival of Solomon clearly indicates that he was not the king whose daughter Solomon had married, (1 Kings 3:1,) and of this it is a noticeable confirmation that in Manetho’s table, where he is called Sesonchis, his name stands at the head of a new dynasty. On the Egyptian monuments his name is written Sheshonk. He was probably a usurper, who succeeded in dethroning the Pharaoh with whom Solomon had formed such a close alliance, and would therefore be no friend of Israel. See more at 1 Kings 14:25-28.