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11 But King Solomon loved many foreign women: the daughter of Pharaoh, the women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and Heth

(the nations of which the LORD had said to the children of Israel, ‘Do not go in to them or let them come in to you. For surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.’). To them Solomon joined in love.

And he had seven hundred wives (princesses) and three hundred concubines. And his wives perverted his heart.

For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

For Solomon followed Ashtoreth, the god of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

So Solomon worked wickedness in the sight of the LORD, but continued not to follow the LORD, as David his father.

Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab (on the mountain that is opposite Jerusalem), and to Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and offered to their gods.

Therefore, the LORD was angry with Solomon, because he had turned his heart from the LORD God of Israel, Who had appeared to him twice

10 and had given him a charge concerning this thing, that he should not follow other gods. But he did not keep that which the LORD had Commanded him.

11 Therefore, the LORD said to Solomon, “Because this has been done by you, and you have not kept My Covenant and My Statutes which I Commanded you, I will surely tear your kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

12 “Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, because of David your father. But I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

13 “However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but will give one tribe to your son, because of David my servant and because of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

14 Then the LORD stirred up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite, of the king’s seed, who was in Edom.

15 For when David was in Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had stricken all the males in Edom, and had gone up to bury the dead

16 (Joab and all Israel had remained there for six months until he had destroyed all the males in Edom),

17 then this Hadad fled, and certain other Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt (Hadad still being a little child).

18 And they arose out of Midian and came to Paran and took men with them out of Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and apportioned him food and gave him land.

19 So, Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh. And he gave him as a wife 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 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab, the captain of the army, was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, so that I may go to my own country.”

22 But Pharaoh said to him, “What have you lacked with me that you would go to your own country like this?” And he answered, “Nothing. But let me go anyway.”

23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who fled from his lord Hadadezer, king of Zobah.

24 And he gathered men to him and had been captain over the company when David killed them. And they went to Damascus and dwelt there. And they made him king in Damascus.

25 Therefore, he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon. Besides the evil that Hadad had done, he also abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram.

26 And Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant (whose mother was called Zeruah, a widow) lifted up his hand against the king.

27 And this was the reason that he lifted up his hand against the king: When Solomon built Millo, he repaired the broken places of the City of David, his father.

28 And this man, Jeroboam, was a man of strength and courage. And Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, made him overseer of all the labor of the House of Joseph.

29 And at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the road, having a new garment on him. And those two were alone in the field.

30 Then Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces,

31 and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself! For thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hands of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you.

32 ‘But he shall have one tribe for My servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,

33 ‘because they have forsaken Me and have worshipped Ashtoreth, the god of the Sidonians, and Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in My ways (to do right in My Eyes and My Statutes and My Laws) as David his father.

34 ‘But I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand. For I will make him prince all his life long, for David my servant’s sake, whom I have chosen, who kept My Commandments and My Statutes.

35 ‘But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, the ten tribes.

36 ‘And to his son I will give one tribe, so that David My servant may have a light always before Me in Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen for Myself, to put My Name there.

37 ‘And I will take you. And you shall reign as your heart desires, and shall be king over Israel.

38 ‘And if you listen to all that I Command you, and will walk in My ways, and do right in My sight, to keep My Statutes and My Commandments as David my servant did, then will I be with you and build you a sure House, as I built to David. And will give Israel to you.

39 ‘And I will afflict the seed of David for this, but not forever.’”

40 Therefore, Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

41 And the rest of the words of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

42 The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

43 And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, his father. And Rehoboam, his son, reigned in his place.

Apostasía y dificultades de Salomón

11 Pero el rey Salomón, además de la hija de Faraón, amó a muchas mujeres extranjeras(A), moabitas, amonitas, edomitas, sidonias e hititas, de las naciones acerca de las cuales el Señor había dicho a los hijos de Israel: No os uniréis a[a] ellas, ni ellas se unirán a[b] vosotros, porque ciertamente desviarán vuestro corazón tras sus dioses(B). Pero Salomón se apegó a ellas con amor. Y tuvo setecientas mujeres que eran princesas y trescientas concubinas(C), y sus mujeres desviaron su corazón. Pues sucedió que cuando Salomón era ya viejo, sus mujeres desviaron su corazón tras otros dioses, y su corazón no estuvo dedicado por entero al[c] Señor su Dios, como había estado el corazón de David su padre(D). Porque Salomón siguió a Astoret, diosa de los sidonios, y a Milcom, ídolo abominable de los amonitas(E). Salomón hizo lo malo a los ojos del Señor, y no siguió plenamente al Señor, como le había seguido su padre David. Entonces Salomón edificó un lugar alto a Quemos, ídolo abominable de Moab, en el monte que está frente a Jerusalén, y a Moloc(F), ídolo abominable de los hijos de Amón(G). Así hizo también para todas sus mujeres extranjeras, las cuales quemaban incienso y ofrecían sacrificios a sus dioses.

Y el Señor se enojó(H) con Salomón porque su corazón se había apartado del Señor, Dios de Israel(I), que se le había aparecido dos veces(J), 10 y le había ordenado en cuanto a esto que no siguiera a otros dioses, pero él no guardó lo que el Señor le había ordenado(K). 11 Y el Señor dijo a Salomón: Porque has hecho esto[d], y no has guardado mi pacto y mis estatutos que te he ordenado(L), ciertamente arrancaré el reino de ti, y lo daré a tu siervo. 12 Sin embargo, no lo haré en tus días, por amor a tu padre David, sino que lo arrancaré de la mano de tu hijo. 13 Tampoco arrancaré todo el reino(M), sino que daré una tribu a tu hijo por amor a mi siervo David y por amor a Jerusalén la cual he escogido(N).

14 Entonces el Señor levantó un adversario a Salomón, Hadad edomita; este[e] era de linaje real[f] en Edom. 15 Sucedió que cuando David estaba en Edom(O), y Joab, el comandante del ejército, subió a enterrar a los muertos y mató a todos los varones(P) de Edom 16 (pues Joab y todo Israel permanecieron allí seis meses hasta que dieron muerte a todos los varones en Edom), 17 Hadad huyó a[g] Egipto, él y algunos edomitas de los siervos de su padre con él, siendo Hadad aún un muchacho. 18 Salieron[h] de Madián y fueron a Parán(Q); tomaron consigo hombres de Parán y fueron a Egipto, a Faraón, rey de Egipto, que dio a Hadad[i] una casa, le asignó alimentos y le dio tierra. 19 Y halló Hadad gran favor ante los ojos de Faraón, que le dio por mujer a la hermana de su esposa, la hermana de la reina Tahpenes. 20 Y la hermana de Tahpenes le dio a luz a su hijo Genubat, a quien Tahpenes destetó en casa de Faraón; y Genubat permaneció en casa de Faraón entre los hijos de Faraón. 21 Pero cuando Hadad oyó en Egipto que David había dormido con sus padres(R), y que Joab, comandante del ejército, había muerto, Hadad dijo a Faraón: Despídeme para que vaya a mi tierra. 22 Entonces Faraón le dijo: ¿Qué te ha faltado junto a mí, que ahora[j] procuras irte a tu tierra? Y él respondió: Nada; sin embargo, debes dejarme ir[k].

23 Dios también le levantó otro adversario a Salomón(S), a Rezón, hijo de Eliada, el cual había huido de su señor Hadad-ezer, rey de Soba(T); 24 y había reunido consigo hombres y se había hecho jefe de una banda de merodeadores, después que David mató a los de Soba[l](U); y fueron a Damasco y permanecieron allí[m], y reinaron en Damasco. 25 Fue adversario de Israel durante todos los días de Salomón, además de la maldad hecha por Hadad; y aborreció a Israel y reinó sobre Aram.

26 Y Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, un efrateo de Sereda, cuya madre, una mujer viuda, se llamaba Zerúa, era siervo de Salomón(V) y se rebeló[n] contra el rey(W). 27 Y esta fue la causa por la cual se rebeló[o] contra el rey: Salomón había edificado el Milo[p](X) y cerrado la brecha de la ciudad de su padre David. 28 Este Jeroboam era guerrero valiente, y cuando Salomón vio que el joven era industrioso[q], lo puso al frente de todo el trabajo forzado[r] de la casa de José(Y). 29 Y sucedió en aquel tiempo que cuando Jeroboam salió de Jerusalén, el profeta Ahías silonita(Z) lo encontró en el camino. Ahías[s] se había puesto un manto nuevo y los dos estaban solos en el campo. 30 Entonces Ahías tomó el manto nuevo que llevaba sobre sí, lo rasgó(AA) en doce pedazos, 31 y dijo a Jeroboam: Toma para ti diez pedazos; porque así dice el Señor, Dios de Israel: «He aquí, arrancaré el reino de la mano de Salomón y a ti te daré diez tribus(AB) 32 (pero él tendrá una tribu, por amor a mi siervo David y por amor a Jerusalén(AC), la ciudad que he escogido de entre todas las tribus de Israel(AD)), 33 porque me han abandonado, y han adorado a Astoret, diosa de los sidonios, a Quemos, dios de Moab(AE), y a Milcom, dios de los hijos de Amón(AF), y no han andado en mis caminos, para hacer lo recto delante de mis ojos y guardar mis estatutos y mis ordenanzas, como lo hizo su padre David. 34 Sin embargo, no quitaré todo el reino de su mano, sino que lo haré príncipe todos los días de su vida, por amor a mi siervo David a quien escogí, el cual guardó mis mandamientos y mis estatutos; 35 pero quitaré el reino de mano de su hijo y te lo daré a ti, es decir, las diez tribus(AG). 36 Y a su hijo daré una tribu, para que mi siervo David tenga siempre una lámpara[t](AH) delante de mí en Jerusalén(AI), la ciudad que yo he escogido para poner allí mi nombre. 37 Y a ti te tomaré, y reinarás sobre todo lo que deseas[u], y serás rey sobre Israel. 38 Y sucederá que si escuchas todo lo que te ordeno y andas en mis caminos, y haces lo recto delante de mis ojos, guardando mis estatutos y mis mandamientos, como hizo David mi siervo, entonces estaré contigo(AJ) y te edificaré una casa perdurable como la que edifiqué a David, y yo te entregaré Israel(AK), 39 y afligiré la descendencia[v] de David por esto, mas no para siempre». 40 Salomón procuró dar muerte a Jeroboam, pero Jeroboam se levantó y huyó a Egipto, a Sisac, rey de Egipto(AL), y estuvo allí[w] hasta la muerte de Salomón.

Muerte de Salomón

41 Los demás hechos de Salomón, todo lo que hizo y su sabiduría, ¿no están escritos en el libro de los hechos de Salomón(AM)? 42 El tiempo[x] que Salomón reinó en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel fue de cuarenta años(AN). 43 Y durmió Salomón con sus padres, y fue sepultado en la ciudad de su padre David; y su hijo Roboam reinó en su lugar(AO).

Footnotes

  1. 1 Reyes 11:2 Lit., iréis con
  2. 1 Reyes 11:2 Lit., irán con
  3. 1 Reyes 11:4 Lit., con el
  4. 1 Reyes 11:11 Lit., Porque esto es contigo
  5. 1 Reyes 11:14 Lit., él
  6. 1 Reyes 11:14 Lit., de la simiente del rey
  7. 1 Reyes 11:17 Lit., para ir a
  8. 1 Reyes 11:18 Lit., Se levantaron
  9. 1 Reyes 11:18 Lit., le dio
  10. 1 Reyes 11:22 O, y he aquí
  11. 1 Reyes 11:22 Lit., despedirme
  12. 1 Reyes 11:24 Lit., los mató
  13. 1 Reyes 11:24 Lit., en ella
  14. 1 Reyes 11:26 Lit., levantó una mano
  15. 1 Reyes 11:27 Lit., levantó una mano
  16. 1 Reyes 11:27 I.e., la fortaleza
  17. 1 Reyes 11:28 Lit., hacedor de trabajo
  18. 1 Reyes 11:28 Lit., toda la carga
  19. 1 Reyes 11:29 Lit., El
  20. 1 Reyes 11:36 I.e., un descendiente en el trono
  21. 1 Reyes 11:37 Lit., tu alma desea
  22. 1 Reyes 11:39 Lit., simiente
  23. 1 Reyes 11:40 Lit., en Egipto
  24. 1 Reyes 11:42 Lit., Los días

Solomon’s Wives

11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women(A) besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites,(B) Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 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. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,(D) and his wives led him astray.(E) 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. He followed Ashtoreth(H) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek(I) the detestable god of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil(J) in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.

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. He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

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. 1 Kings 11:27 Or the Millo
  2. 1 Kings 11:33 Hebrew; Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac because he has