1 Kings 9:1-9

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The Lord Appears to Solomon^(A)

9 When Solomon had finished^(B) building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, ²the Lord appeared^(C) to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. ³The Lord said to him:

“I have heard^(D) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name^(E) there forever. My eyes^(F) and my heart will always be there.

⁴“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart^(G) and uprightness, as David^(H) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,^(I) ⁵I will establish^(J) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail^(K) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

⁶“But if you^[a] or your descendants turn away^(L) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you^[b] and go off to serve other gods^(M) and worship them, ⁷then I will cut off Israel from the land^(N) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.^(O) Israel will then become a byword^(P) and an object of ridicule^(Q) among all peoples. ⁸This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[c] who pass by will be appalled^(R) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’^(S) ⁹People will answer,^(T) ‘Because they have forsaken^(U) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster^(V) on them.’”

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1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

1 Kings 11:1-13

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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. ²They 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. ³He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,^(D) and his wives led him astray.^(E) ⁴As 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. ⁵He followed Ashtoreth^(H) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek^(I) the detestable god of the Ammonites. ⁶So Solomon did evil^(J) in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.

⁷On 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. ⁸He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

⁹The 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. ¹⁰Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods,^(O) Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command.^(P) ¹¹So 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. ¹²Nevertheless, 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. ¹³Yet 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)