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* But King Solomon loved many foreign women , as well as the daughter of Pharaoh : women of the Moabites , Ammonites , Edomites , Sidonians , and Hittites -- * from the nations of whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel , "You shall not intermarry with them , nor they with you . Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods ." Solomon clung to these in love . * And he had seven hundred wives , princesses , and three hundred concubines ; and his wives turned away his heart . * For it was so , when Solomon was old , that his wives turned his heart after other gods ; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God , as was the heart of his father David . * For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians , and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites . * Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD , and did not fully follow the LORD , as did his father David . * Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab , on the hill that is east of Jerusalem , and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon . * And he did likewise for all his foreign wives , who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods . * So the LORD became angry with Solomon , because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel , who had appeared to him twice , * and had commanded him concerning this thing , that he should not go after other gods ; but he did not keep what the LORD had commanded . * Therefore 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 surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant . * Nevertheless I will not do it in your days , for the sake of your father David ; I will tear it out of the hand of your son . * However I will not tear away the whole kingdom ; 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 ." * Now the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon , Hadad the Edomite ; he was a descendant of the king in Edom . * For it happened , when David was in Edom , and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain , after he had killed every male in Edom * (because for six months Joab remained there with all Israel , until he had cut down every male in Edom ), * that Hadad fled to go to Egypt , he and certain Edomites of his father 's servants with him . Hadad was still a little child . * Then they arose from Midian and came to Paran ; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt , to Pharaoh king of Egypt , who gave him a house , apportioned food for him , and gave him land . * And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh , so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife , that is , the sister of Queen Tahpenes . * Then the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son , whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh 's house . And Genubath was in Pharaoh 's household among the sons of Pharaoh . * So when Hadad heard in Egypt that David rested 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 ." * Then Pharaoh said to him , "But what have you lacked with me , that suddenly you seek to go to your own country ?" So he answered , "Nothing , but do let me go anyway ." * And God raised up another adversary against him , Rezon the son of Eliadah , who had fled from his lord , Hadadezer king of Zobah . * So he gathered men to him and became captain over a band of raiders , when David killed those of Zobah . And they went to Damascus and dwelt there , and reigned in Damascus . * He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon (besides the trouble that Hadad caused ); and he abhorred Israel , and reigned over Syria . * Then Solomon 's servant , Jeroboam the son of Nebat , an Ephraimite from Zereda , whose mother 's name was Zeruah , a widow , also rebelled against the king . * And this is what caused him to rebel against the king : Solomon had built the Millo and repaired the damages to the City of David his father . * The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor ; and Solomon , seeing that the young man was industrious , made him the officer over all the labor force of the house of Joseph . * Now it happened at that time , when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem , that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way ; and he had clothed himself with a new garment , and the two were alone in the field . * Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was on him , and tore it into twelve pieces . * And he said to Jeroboam , "Take for yourself ten pieces , for thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : "Behold , I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you * (but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David , and for the sake of Jerusalem , the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel ), * because they have forsaken Me , and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians , Chemosh the god of the Moabites , and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon , and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and keep My statutes and My judgments , as did his father David . * However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand , because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of My servant David , whom I chose because he kept My commandments and My statutes . * But I will take the kingdom out of his son 's hand and give it to you--ten tribes . * And to his son I will give one tribe , that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem , the city which I have chosen for Myself , to put My name there . * So I will take you , and you shall reign over all your heart desires , and you shall be king over Israel . * Then it shall be , if you heed all that I command you , walk in My ways , and do what is right in My sight , to keep My statutes and My commandments , as My servant David did , then I will be with you and build for you an enduring house , as I built for David , and will give Israel to you . * And I will afflict the descendants of David because of this , but not forever ."' * Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam . But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt , to Shishak king of Egypt , and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon . * Now the rest of the acts of Solomon , all that he did , and his wisdom , are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon ? * And the period that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years . * Then Solomon rested with his fathers , and was buried in the City of David his father . And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place .

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