from the nations of which GOD had said to the Israelites, “None of you shall join them and none of them shall join you,ajoin you In marriage; cf. Deut. 7.3–4; 23.4, 8–9. lest they turn your heart away to follow their gods.” Such Solomon clung to and loved.
Word-by-Word Analysis
מןהגוים
154
אשר
501
אמריהוה
267
אלבני
93
ישראל
541
לאתבאו
440
בהם
47
והם
51
לאיבאו
50
בכם
62
אכן
71
יטו
25
אתלבבכם
495
אחרי
219
אלהיהם
91
בהם
47
דבק
106
שלמה
375
לאהבה
43
I Kings 11:3
Gematria: 4574
ויהילונשיםשרותשבעמאותופלגשיםשלשמאותויטונשיואתלבו
He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away.
In his old age, his wives turned away Solomon’s heart after other gods, and he was not as wholeheartedly devoted to the ETERNAL his God as his father David had been.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
לעת
500
זקנת
557
שלמה
375
נשיו
366
הטו
20
אתלבבו
441
אחרי
219
אלהים
86
אחרים
259
ולאהיה
57
לבבו
40
שלם
370
עםיהוה
136
אלהיו
52
כלבב
54
דויד
24
אביו
19
I Kings 11:5
Gematria: 3325
וילךשלמהאחריעשתרתאלהיצדניםואחרימלכםשקץעמנים
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Phoenicians, and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וילך
66
שלמה
375
אחרי
219
עשתרת
1370
אלהי
46
צדנים
194
ואחרי
225
מלכם
130
שקץ
490
עמנים
210
I Kings 11:6
Gematria: 1670
ויעששלמההרעבעינייהוהולאמלאאחרייהוהכדודאביוס
Solomon did what was displeasing to GOD and did not remain loyal to GOD like his father David.
At that time, Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh the abomination of Moab on the hill near Jerusalem, and one for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אז
8
יבנה
67
שלמה
375
במה
47
לכמוש
396
שקץ
490
מואב
49
בהר
207
אשר
501
עלפני
240
ירושלם
586
ולמלך
126
שקץ
490
בני
62
עמון
166
I Kings 11:8
Gematria: 2953
וכןעשהלכלנשיוהנכריותמקטירותומזבחותלאלהיהן
And he did the same for all his foreign wives who offered and sacrificed to their gods.
GOD
was angry with Solomon, because his heart turned away from the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, who had appeared tobappeared to See note at 9.2. him twice
And GOD said to Solomon, “Because you are guilty of thiscBecause you are guilty of this Lit. “This is with you.”—you have not kept My covenant and the laws that I enjoined upon you—I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your servants.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
יהוה
26
לשלמה
405
יען
130
אשר
501
היתהזאת
828
עמך
130
ולא
37
שמרת
940
בריתי
622
וחקתי
524
אשר
501
צויתי
516
עליך
130
קרע
370
אקרע
371
אתהממלכה
541
מעליך
170
ונתתיה
871
לעבדך
126
I Kings 11:12
Gematria: 1349
אךבימיךלאאעשנהלמעןדודאביךמידבנךאקרענה
But, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it away from your son.
However, I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give your son one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
רק
300
אתכלהממלכה
591
לא
31
אקרע
371
שבט
311
אחד
13
אתן
451
לבנך
102
למען
190
דוד
14
עבדי
86
ולמען
196
ירושלם
586
אשר
501
בחרתיס
680
I Kings 11:14
Gematria: 1897
ויקםיהוהשטןלשלמהאתהדדהאדמימזרעהמלךהואבאדום
So GOD raised up an adversary against Solomon, the Edomite Hadad, who was of the royal family of Edom.
When David was indwas in Emendation yields “defeated”; cf. 2 Sam. 8.13. Edom, Joab the army commander went up to bury the slain, and he killed every male in Edom;
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
בהיות
423
דוד
14
אתאדום
452
בעלות
508
יואב
19
שר
500
הצבא
98
לקבר
332
אתהחללים
524
ויך
36
כלזכר
277
באדום
53
I Kings 11:16
Gematria: 3699
כיששתחדשיםישבשםיואבוכלישראלעדהכריתכלזכרבאדום
for Joab and all Israel stayed there for six months until he had killed off every male in Edom.
Setting out from Midian, they came to Paran and took othersfothers I.e., subordinates, perhaps as guides for traversing the wilderness. from Paran along with them. Thus they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, assigned a food allowance to him, and granted him an estate.
The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son, Genubath. Tahpenes weanedgweaned Septuagint reads “reared.” him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath remained in Pharaoh’s palace among the sons of Pharaoh.
When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had been laid to rest with his ancestors and that Joab the army commander was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Give me leave to go to my own country.”
when David was slaughtering them. He gathered some men and became captain over a troop; they went to Damascus and settled there, and they established a kingdom in Damascus.
He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble [caused by] Hadad; he repudiated [the authority of] Israel and reigned over Aram.
Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, the son of a widow whose name was Zeruah, was in Solomon’s service; he raised his hand against the king.
The circumstances under which he raised his hand against the king were as follows: Solomon built the Millo and repaired the breach of the city of his father, David.
This man Jeroboam was very capable, and when Solomon saw that the young manithe young man Or “this attendant.” was a productive worker, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the House of Joseph.
During that time Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem and the prophet Ahijah of Shiloh met him on the way. He had put on a new robe; and when the two were alone in the open country,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
בעת
472
ההיא
21
וירבעם
328
יצא
101
מירושלם
626
וימצא
147
אתו
407
אחיה
24
השילני
405
הנביא
68
בדרך
226
והוא
18
מתכסה
525
בשלמה
377
חדשה
317
ושניהם
411
לבדם
76
בשדה
311
I Kings 11:30
Gematria: 3917
ויתפשאחיהבשלמההחדשהאשרעליוויקרעהשניםעשרקרעים
Ahijah took hold of the new robe he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
“Take ten pieces,” he said to Jeroboam. “For thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hands, and I will give you ten tribes.
But one tribe shall remain his—for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
For they have forsaken Me; they have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Phoenicians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites; they have not walked in My ways, or done what is pleasing to Me, or [kept] My laws and rules, as his father David did.
However, I will not take the entire kingdom away from him, but will keep him as ruler as long as he lives for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, and who kept My commandments and My laws.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולאאקח
146
אתכלהממלכה
591
מידו
60
כי
30
נשיא
361
אשתנו
757
כל
50
ימי
60
חייו
34
למען
190
דוד
14
עבדי
86
אשר
501
בחרתי
620
אתו
407
אשר
501
שמר
540
מצותי
546
וחקתי
524
I Kings 11:35
Gematria: 3430
ולקחתיהמלוכהמידבנוונתתיהלךאתעשרתהשבטים
But I will take the kingship out of the hands of his son and give it to you—the ten tribes.
To his son I will give one tribe, so that there may be a lamp for My servant David forever before Me in Jerusalem—the city where I have chosen to establish My name.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולבנו
94
אתן
451
שבטאחד
324
למען
190
היותניר
681
לדוידעבדי
140
כלהימיםלפני
325
בירושלם
588
העיר
285
אשר
501
בחרתי
620
לי
40
לשום
376
שמי
350
שם
340
I Kings 11:37
Gematria: 3609
ואתךאקחומלכתבכלאשרתאוהנפשךוהייתמלךעלישראל
But you have been chosen by Me; reignjreign I.e., establish your residence. wherever you wish, and you shall be king over Israel.
If you heed all that I command you, and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, keeping My laws and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you and I will build for you a lasting dynasty as I did for David. I hereby give Israel to you;
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
אםתשמע
851
אתכלאשר
952
אצוך
117
והלכת
461
בדרכי
236
ועשית
786
הישר
515
בעיני
142
לשמור
576
חקותי
524
ומצותי
552
כאשר
521
עשה
375
דוד
14
עבדי
86
והייתי
441
עמך
130
ובניתי
478
לך
50
ביתנאמן
553
כאשר
521
בניתי
472
לדוד
44
ונתתי
866
לך
50
אתישראל
942
I Kings 11:39
Gematria: 1689
ואענהאתזרעדודלמעןזאתאךלאכלהימיםס
and I will chastise David’s descendants for that [sin], though not forever.”