Solomon’s Foreign Wives 1 ULT Now King Solomon loved many foreign women and the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabitesses, Ammonitesses, Edomitesses, Sidonianesses, Hittitesses, BSB BSB: King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
2 ULT from the nations{ about} which Yahweh had said to the sons of Israel,“You must not enter into them, and they must not enter into you. Surely they will stretch out your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to them in love. BSB BSB: These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
3 ULT And to him were 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives stretched out his heart. BSB BSB: He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
4 ULT And it happened in the time of the old age of Solomon{ that} his wives stretched out his heart after other gods. And his heart was not complete with Yahweh his God like the heart of David his father. BSB BSB: For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
5 ULT And Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites. BSB BSB: Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 ULT And Solomon did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and he was not full after Yahweh like David his father. BSB BSB: So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
7 ULT Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill that{ is} on the face of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon. BSB BSB: At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
8 ULT And thus he did for all of his foreign wives burning incense and sacrificing to their gods. BSB BSB: He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
God’s Anger against Solomon 9 ULT And Yahweh became angry with Solomon, for his heart had stretched away from with Yahweh, the God of Israel, the one having appeared to him two times, BSB BSB: Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
10 ULT and he had commanded to him about this thing, not to go after other gods. But he did not keep what Yahweh had commanded. BSB BSB: Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
11 ULT And Yahweh said to Solomon,“Because this is with you, that you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I commanded concerning you, tearing, I will tear the kingdom away from you, and I will give it to your servant. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
12 ULT However, I will not do it in your days, for the sake of David your father. From the hand of your son I will tear it away. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
13 ULT Only I will not tear away all of the kingdom. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.” BSB BSB: Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
Hadad’s Return 14 ULT And Yahweh raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He{ was} from the seed of the king in Edom. BSB BSB: Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
15 ULT Now it had happened, when David was in Edom, when Joab, the commander of the army, had gone up to bury the slain, that he had struck every male in Edom. BSB BSB: Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
16 ULT For Joab and all of Israel dwelled there six months until he had cut off every male in Edom. BSB BSB: Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
17 ULT But Adad fled, he and Edomite men from the servants of his father with him, to enter Egypt. And Hadad{ was} a little boy. BSB BSB: But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
18 ULT And they arose from Midian and entered Paran. And they took men with them from Paran and came{ to} Egypt, to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And he gave a house to him, and he ordered bread for him, and he gave land to him. BSB BSB: Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
19 ULT And Hadad found much favor in the eyes of Pharaoh. And he gave to him a wife, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. BSB BSB: There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.
20 ULT And the sister of Tahpenes bore to him Genubath, his son, and Tahpenes weaned him in the midst of the house of Pharaoh. And Genubath was in the house of Pharaoh in the midst of the sons of Pharaoh. BSB BSB: And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
21 ULT And Hadad heard in Egypt that David had lain down with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, had died. And Hadad said to Pharaoh,“Send me away, that I may go to my land.” BSB BSB: When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
22 ULT And Pharaoh said to him,“But what{ are} you lacking with me, that behold you, seeking to go to your land?” And he said,“Nothing, but sending, may you send me away.” BSB BSB: But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
Rezon’s Hostility 23 ULT And God raised up an adversary against him, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, his master. BSB BSB: And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
24 ULT And he gathered men to himself, and he became the commander of a raiding band when David killed them. And they went{ to} Damascus, and they dwelled in it and they reigned in Damascus. BSB BSB: and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
25 ULT And he was an adversary against Israel all of the days of Solomon, and the harm that Hadad{ did}. And he loathed Israel, and he reigned over Aram. BSB BSB: Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
Jeroboam’s Rebellion 26 ULT And Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite from Zeredah, and the name of his mother{ was} Zeruah, a woman, a widow,{ was} a servant of Solomon, and he raised a hand against the king. BSB BSB: Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
27 ULT Now this{ was} the matter{ by} which he raised a hand against the king. Solomon had built the Millo; he had closed up the breach of the City of David his father. BSB BSB: and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
28 ULT And the man Jeroboam{ was} mighty of strength. And Solomon had seen the young man, that he was a doer of work, so he had appointed him over all of the forced labor of the house of Joseph. BSB BSB: Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
29 ULT And it happened at that time that Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the road. And he was covering himself with a new cloak, and the two of them{ were} by themselves in the field. BSB BSB: During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
30 ULT And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak that was upon him, and he tore it{ into} 12 pieces. BSB BSB: And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
31 ULT And he said to Jeroboam,“Take for yourself ten pieces. For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,‘Behold me, tearing the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give ten tribes to you. BSB BSB: and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.
32 ULT But one tribe will be to him for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city upon which I have chosen from all of the tribes of Israel. BSB BSB: But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
33 ULT For they have forsaken me, and they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon. And they do not walk in my ways, to do right in my eyes, or my statutes or my judgments, like David his father. BSB BSB: For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
34 ULT But I will not take all of the kingdom from his hand. Rather, I will put him as a leader all of the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, him whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
35 ULT But I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son, and I will give it to you, ten of the tribes. BSB BSB: But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
36 ULT But to his son I will give one tribe so that there may be a lamp for David my servant all of the days to my face in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there. BSB BSB: I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
37 ULT And I will take you, and you will reign over all that your soul desires, and you will be king over Israel. BSB BSB: But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
38 ULT And it will be, if you hear all that I command you and you walk in my ways and you do right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, just as David my servant did, then I will be with you and I will build for you an established house, just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. BSB BSB: If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
39 ULT And I will afflict the seed of David on account of this, only not all of the days.’” BSB BSB: Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
40 ULT And Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak, the king of Egypt. And he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. BSB BSB: Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
The Death of Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:29–31)
41 ULT Now the rest of the matters of Solomon and all that he did and his wisdom,{ are} they not written in the book of the matters of Solomon? BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?
42 ULT And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all of Israel were 40 years. BSB BSB: Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43 ULT And Solomon lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David, his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.