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1 Kings 11
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1 Kings 11
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Solomon Turns from the Lord
11 Now (A)King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, (B)“You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. 3 He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. 4 For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and (C)his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, (D)as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after (E)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after (F)Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for (G)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for (H)Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. 8 And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.
The Lord Raises Adversaries
9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because (I)his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, (J)who had appeared to him twice 10 and (K)had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded. 11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, (L)I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. 12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 However, (M)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but (N)I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem (O)that I have chosen.”
14 And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom. 15 For (P)when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, he struck down every male in Edom 16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom). 17 But Hadad fled to Egypt, together with certain Edomites of his father's servants, Hadad still being a little child. 18 They set out from Midian and came to (Q)Paran and took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him an allowance of food and gave him land. 19 And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house. And Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh. 21 But when Hadad heard in Egypt (R)that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.” 22 But Pharaoh said to him, “What have you lacked with me that you are now seeking to go to your own country?” And he said to him, “Only let me depart.”
23 God also raised up as an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master (S)Hadadezer king of Zobah. 24 And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, (T)after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus. 25 He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, doing harm as Hadad did. And he loathed Israel and reigned over Syria.
26 (U)Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (V)an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also (W)lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. (X)Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father. 28 The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph. 29 And at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet (Y)Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had dressed himself in a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the open country. 30 Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, (Z)and tore it into twelve pieces. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, (AA)I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes 32 (but (AB)he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, (AC)the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel), 33 because they have[a] forsaken me (AD)and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did. 34 Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes. 35 (AE)But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give it to you, ten tribes. 36 Yet to his son (AF)I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have (AG)a lamp before me in Jerusalem, (AH)the city where I have chosen to put my name. 37 And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. 38 And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, (AI)I will be with you and (AJ)will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. 39 And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not forever.’” 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to (AK)Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41 (AL)Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon? 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43 And Solomon (AM)slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And (AN)Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 11:33 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate he has; twice in this verse
1 Reyes 11
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Salomón se vuelve idólatra
11 Además de la hija del faraón, el rey Salomón amó a muchas mujeres extranjeras: moabitas, amonitas, edomitas, sidonias e hititas; 2 es decir, mujeres de las naciones con las que el Señor había prohibido a los israelitas establecer relaciones matrimoniales porque seguramente harían que sus corazones se desviaran hacia sus dioses. Pero Salomón, enamorado, se unió con ellas. 3 Tuvo setecientas esposas de rango real y trescientas concubinas, las cuales desviaron su corazón. 4 Cuando Salomón ya era anciano, sus mujeres hicieron que su corazón se desviara hacia otros dioses, pues no se había entregado por completo al Señor su Dios, como lo había hecho David, su padre. 5 Salomón rindió culto a Astarté, diosa de los sidonios, y a Milcom, ídolo repugnante de los amonitas. 6 Así pues, los hechos de Salomón fueron malos a los ojos del Señor, pues no siguió fielmente al Señor, como lo había hecho David, su padre.
7 Por aquel tiempo, Salomón construyó, en el monte que está al oriente de Jerusalén, un santuario a Quemós, ídolo repugnante de Moab, y a Moloc, ídolo repugnante de los amonitas. 8 Lo mismo hizo para todas sus mujeres extranjeras, las cuales ofrecían incienso y sacrificios a sus dioses. 9 El Señor, Dios de Israel, se enojó con Salomón, porque su corazón se había apartado de él, que se le había aparecido dos veces 10 y que le había ordenado no rendir culto a otros dioses. Sin embargo, él no hizo caso de lo que el Señor le había ordenado. 11 Por lo tanto, el Señor le dijo a Salomón: «Ya que te has comportado así, y no has cumplido la alianza y las leyes que te ordené, voy a quitarte el reino y a dárselo a uno de los que te sirven. 12 Sin embargo, por consideración a David, tu padre, no lo haré mientras vivas; pero se lo quitaré a tu hijo. 13 Aunque no le quitaré todo el reino: le dejaré una tribu, por consideración a tu padre y a Jerusalén, la ciudad que he escogido.»
14 Entonces el Señor hizo que se levantara un enemigo contra Salomón: Hadad, un edomita, de la familia real de Edom. 15 Cuando David venció a Edom, Joab, el jefe del ejército, que había ido a enterrar a los caídos en combate, mató a todos los hombres de Edom; 16 durante seis meses se quedó allí, con todos los israelitas, hasta que aniquiló a todos los hombres de Edom. 17 Pero Hadad, que entonces era un niño, huyó a Egipto con algunos de sus paisanos que estaban al servicio de su padre. 18 Salieron de Madián y llegaron a Parán, donde tomaron a su servicio algunos hombres del lugar. Llegaron a Egipto y se presentaron al faraón, rey de Egipto, y éste les dio casa y comida, y les regaló tierras.
19 Hadad se ganó de tal modo el favor del faraón, que el faraón le dio por esposa a su cuñada, la hermana de la reina Tahpenés. 20 La hermana de Tahpenés dio a Hadad un hijo que se llamó Guenubat, al cual Tahpenés crió en el palacio del faraón, junto con sus propios hijos. 21 Pero cuando Hadad supo en Egipto que David había muerto, y que también había muerto Joab, el jefe del ejército, dijo Hadad al faraón:
—Dame permiso para regresar a mi tierra.
22 El faraón le respondió:
—¿Y para qué quieres regresar a tu tierra? ¿Te hace falta algo aquí conmigo?
Hadad respondió:
—No me falta nada, pero te ruego que me permitas regresar.
23 Además, Dios hizo que también Rezón se levantara contra Salomón. Rezón era hijo de Eliadá, que se había escapado de su amo, Hadad-ézer, el rey de Sobá. 24 Había reunido algunos hombres y era el jefe de una banda de ladrones. Cuando David les mató gente, Rezón se fue a Damasco y se estableció allí como rey. 25 Fue enemigo de Israel mientras vivió Salomón, y esto se unió al daño que causaba Hadad, pues aborrecía a Israel. De este modo, Rezón llegó a ser rey de Siria.
26 También Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, se rebeló contra el rey. Jeroboam era un funcionario de Salomón, de la ciudad de Seredá y de la tribu de Efraín. Su madre era una viuda llamada Serúa. 27 La razón por la que Jeroboam se rebeló contra el rey fue la siguiente: Salomón estaba construyendo el terraplén y cerrando la brecha de la Ciudad de David, su padre. 28 Jeroboam era un hombre fuerte y decidido; y al ver Salomón que este joven era muy activo, lo puso a cargo de todo lo relacionado con los descendientes de José.
29 Por aquel entonces, un día en que Jeroboam salió de Jerusalén, se encontró en el camino con el profeta Ahías, el de Siló, que iba cubierto con una capa nueva. Los dos estaban solos en el campo, 30 y tomando Ahías la capa nueva que llevaba puesta, la rasgó en doce pedazos 31 y dijo a Jeroboam: «Toma para ti diez pedazos, porque el Señor, Dios de Israel, te dice: “Voy a quitarle el reino a Salomón, y a darte a ti diez tribus. 32 A Salomón le dejaré sólo una tribu, por consideración a mi siervo David y a Jerusalén, la ciudad que he escogido entre todas las ciudades de las tribus de Israel. 33 Porque Salomón me ha rechazado, y se ha puesto a adorar a Astarté, diosa de los sidonios; a Quemós, dios de los moabitas; y a Milcom, dios de los amonitas. Sus hechos no han sido buenos a mis ojos, y no ha cumplido mis leyes y decretos como lo hizo David, su padre. 34 Sin embargo, no le quitaré todo el reino, sino que lo mantendré como gobernante mientras viva, por consideración a mi siervo David, a quien escogí, y quien cumplió mis mandamientos y mis leyes. 35 Pero le quitaré el reino a su hijo, y te lo entregaré a ti; es decir, diez tribus. 36 Sólo dejaré una tribu a su hijo, para que la lámpara de David, mi siervo, se mantenga siempre encendida ante mí en Jerusalén, la ciudad que escogí como residencia de mi nombre. 37 Yo te tomaré a ti, para que reines sobre todo lo que quieras y seas el rey de Israel. 38 Y si obedeces todo lo que yo te mande y tus hechos son rectos a mis ojos, y si cumples mis leyes y mandamientos, como lo hizo David, mi siervo, yo estaré contigo y estableceré firmemente tu dinastía, como establecí la de David; y te entregaré Israel. 39 En cuanto a la descendencia de David, la castigaré por este motivo, pero no para siempre.”»
40 Por causa de esto, Salomón procuró matar a Jeroboam; pero Jeroboam huyó a Egipto, donde reinaba Sisac, y allí se quedó hasta la muerte de Salomón.
Muerte de Salomón(A)
41 El resto de la historia de Salomón y de su sabiduría, y de todo lo que hizo, está escrito en el libro de las crónicas de Salomón. 42 Salomón reinó en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel durante cuarenta años, 43 y cuando murió lo enterraron en la Ciudad de David, su padre. Después reinó en su lugar su hijo Roboam.
1 Kings 11
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1 Kings 11
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Solomon’s Wives
11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women(A) besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites,(B) Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry(C) with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,(D) and his wives led him astray.(E) 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,(F) and his heart was not fully devoted(G) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 5 He followed Ashtoreth(H) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek(I) the detestable god of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did evil(J) in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.
7 On a hill east(K) of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh(L) the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek(M) the detestable god of the Ammonites. 8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
9 The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared(N) to him twice. 10 Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods,(O) Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command.(P) 11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees,(Q) which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear(R) the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. 12 Nevertheless, for the sake of David(S) your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe(T) for the sake(U) of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”(V)
Solomon’s Adversaries
14 Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary,(W) Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. 15 Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.(X) 16 Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom. 17 But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father. 18 They set out from Midian and went to Paran.(Y) Then taking people from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
19 Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage. 20 The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath, whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There Genubath lived with Pharaoh’s own children.
21 While he was in Egypt, Hadad heard that David rested with his ancestors and that Joab the commander of the army was also dead. Then Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
22 “What have you lacked here that you want to go back to your own country?” Pharaoh asked.
“Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but do let me go!”
23 And God raised up against Solomon another adversary,(Z) Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer(AA) king of Zobah. 24 When David destroyed Zobah’s army, Rezon gathered a band of men around him and became their leader; they went to Damascus,(AB) where they settled and took control. 25 Rezon was Israel’s adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram(AC) and was hostile toward Israel.
Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon
26 Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled(AD) against the king. He was one of Solomon’s officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.
27 Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces[a](AE) and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father. 28 Now Jeroboam was a man of standing,(AF) and when Solomon saw how well(AG) the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.
29 About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah(AH) the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country, 30 and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore(AI) it into twelve pieces. 31 Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘See, I am going to tear(AJ) the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand and give you ten tribes. 32 But for the sake(AK) of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe. 33 I will do this because they have[b] forsaken me and worshiped(AL) Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked(AM) in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees(AN) and laws as David, Solomon’s father, did.
34 “‘But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees. 35 I will take the kingdom from his son’s hands and give you ten tribes. 36 I will give one tribe(AO) to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp(AP) before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name. 37 However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule(AQ) over all that your heart desires;(AR) you will be king over Israel. 38 If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right(AS) in my eyes by obeying my decrees(AT) and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty(AU) as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you. 39 I will humble David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.’”
40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled(AV) to Egypt, to Shishak(AW) the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death.
Solomon’s Death(AX)
41 As for the other events of Solomon’s reign—all he did and the wisdom he displayed—are they not written in the book of the annals of Solomon? 42 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 43 Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam(AY) his son succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 11:27 Or the Millo
- 1 Kings 11:33 Hebrew; Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac because he has
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