1 GLT Now the king Solomon loved many foreign women, with the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabite women, Ammonite women, Edomite women, Sidonian women, Hittite women, 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 GLT from the nations that Yahweh had said to the sons of Israel,“You must not enter into them, and they must not enter into you. They will surely turn your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to them for 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 GLT And there were wives for him, 700 princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned his heart. BSB BSB: He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
4 GLT And it happened that by the time of the old age of Solomon his wives turned his heart after other gods. And his heart was not completely 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 GLT And Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the god 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 GLT And Solomon did the evil thing in the eyes of Yahweh and he did not remain fully 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 GLT 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 GLT And thus he did for all his foreign wives, who were 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.
9 GLT And Yahweh became angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned from with Yahweh, the God of Israel, the one who had 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 GLT And had commanded to him concerning this thing, to not 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 GLT And Yahweh said to Solomon,“Because this is against you, that you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded concerning you. Surely I will tear away the kingdom from with 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 GLT However, in your days I will not do it for the sake of David, your father. From the hand of your son I will surely 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 GLT Only I will not tear away all 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.”
14 GLT 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 GLT And it had happened when David was with Edom, when Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the pierced ones, that he had struck down 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 GLT For Joab and all 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 GLT 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 GLT And they rose up from Midian and entered Paran. And they took men with them from Paran and entered Egypt, to Pharaoh the king of Egypt. And he gave to him a house 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 GLT 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 GLT And the sister of Tahpenes bore for 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 GLT And Hadad heard in Egypt that David had laid down with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, had died. And Hadad said to Pharaoh,“Send me away, and I will 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 GLT And Pharaoh said to him,“But what are you lacking with me that, behold, you are seeking to go to your land?” And he said,“Nothing, but surely you must 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.”
23 GLT And God raised up an adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from with 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 GLT And he gathered men for himself and he became a commander of a raiding band when David slew 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 GLT And he was an adversary against Israel all the days of Solomon, and the evil that Hadad did. And he felt disgust against 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.
26 GLT And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite from the Zeredah, and the name of his mother was Zeruah, a widow woman, 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 GLT Now this is the matter that 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 GLT And the man Jeroboam was mighty of strength. And Solomon saw the young man, that he was one who does work, and he appointed him for all 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 GLT And it happened at that time that Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the road. Now 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 GLT And Ahijah seized the new cloak that was over 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 GLT And he said to Jeroboam,“Take for yourself ten pieces. For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,‘Behold, I am about to tear away the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and I will give the 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 GLT And one tribe will be for him, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem(the city, it which I have chosen from all 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 GLT because they have forsaken me and they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the god 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 the upright thing 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 GLT But I will not take all of the kingdom from his hand. Rather, I will put him as a leader all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant, he whom I have chosen, 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 GLT But I will take the kingship 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 GLT But to his son I will give one tribe so that there may be a lamp for David my servant all the days before my face in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself, to set 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 GLT And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires. And you shall 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 GLT And it shall be that if you hear all that I command you and you walk in my ways and you do the upright thing 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 GLT And I will afflict the seed of David on account of this, only not all the days.’” BSB BSB: Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
40 GLT And Solomon sought to put Jeroboam to death. And Jeroboam rose up and he 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.
41 GLT And the remainder of the words of Solomon and all that he did and his wisdom are they not written on the book of the words 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 GLT And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were 40 years. BSB BSB: Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43 GLT 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.
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