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Then the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice(A)

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the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.(A)

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At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”(A)

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10 for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] Titus to Dalmatia.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.10 Other ancient authorities read Gaul

11     prostitution.

The Idolatry of Israel

Wine and new wine
    take away the understanding.(A)

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13 The Lord said:
Because these people draw near with their mouths
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me
and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,(A)
14 so I will again do
    amazing things with this people,
    shocking and amazing.
The wisdom of their wise shall perish,
    and the discernment of the discerning shall be hidden.(B)

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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for from it flow the springs of life.(A)

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For we are consumed by your anger;
    by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your countenance.(A)

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58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
    they moved him to jealousy with their idols.(A)
59 When God heard, he was full of wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mortals,(B)

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But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

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from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the Israelites, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for they will surely incline your heart to follow their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.(A) Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned away his heart. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.(B)

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27 When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son.

Nathan Condemns David

But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,(A)

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The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there,[a] and he died there beside the ark of God.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

20 The Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him, but I interceded also on behalf of Aaron at that same time.

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“Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.(A)

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for that would turn away your children from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.(A)

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26 But the Lord was angry with me on your account and would not heed me. The Lord said to me, ‘Enough from you! Never speak to me of this matter again!(A)

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And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.

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14 Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, “What of your brother Aaron, the Levite? I know that he can speak well; even now he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you his heart will be glad.(A)

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