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But king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]loved[H157]many[H7227]strange[H5237]women[H802], together with the daughter[H1323] of Pharaoh[H6547], women[H802] of the Moabites[H4125], Ammonites[H5984], Edomites[H130], Zidonians[H6722], and Hittites[H2850];
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Of the nations[H1471] concerning which the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], Ye shall not go in[H935] to them, neither shall they come in[H935] unto you: for surely[H403] they will turn away[H5186] your heart[H3824]after[H310] their gods[H430]: Solomon[H8010]clave[H1692] unto these in[H935]love[H157].
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And he had seven[H7651]hundred[H3967]wives[H802], princesses[H8282], and three[H7969]hundred[H3967]concubines[H6370]: and his wives[H802] turned away[H5186] his heart[H3820].
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For it came to pass, when[H6256]Solomon[H8010] was old[H2209], that his wives[H802] turned away[H5186] his heart[H3824]after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430]: and his heart[H3824] was not perfect[H8003] with the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], as was the heart[H3824] of David[H1732] his father[H1].
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For Solomon[H8010]went[H3212]after[H310]Ashtoreth[H6253] the goddess[H430] of the Zidonians[H6722], and after[H310]Milcom[H4445] the abomination[H8251] of the Ammonites[H5984].
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And Solomon[H8010]did[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and went not fully[H4390]after[H310] the LORD[H3068], as did[H6213]David[H1732] his father[H1].
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Then did Solomon[H8010]build[H1129] an high place[H1116] for Chemosh[H3645], the abomination[H8251] of Moab[H4124], in the hill[H2022] that is before[H6440]Jerusalem[H3389], and for Molech[H4432], the abomination[H8251] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983].
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And likewise did[H6213] he for all his strange[H5237]wives[H802], which burnt incense[H6999] and sacrificed[H2076] unto their gods[H430].
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And the LORD[H3068] was angry[H599] with Solomon[H8010], because his heart[H3824] was turned[H5186] from the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], which had appeared[H7200] unto him twice[H6471],
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And had commanded[H6680] him concerning this thing[H1697], that he should not go[H3212]after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430]: but he kept[H8104] not that which the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680].
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Wherefore the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Solomon[H8010], Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept[H8104] my covenant[H1285] and my statutes[H2708], which I have commanded[H6680] thee, I will surely[H7167]rend[H7167] the kingdom[H4467] from thee, and will give[H5414] it to thy servant[H5650].
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Notwithstanding in thy days[H3117] I will not do[H6213] it for David[H1732] thy father's sake: but I will rend[H7167] it out of the hand[H3027] of thy son[H1121].
13Howbeit[H7535] I will not rend away[H7167] all the kingdom[H4467]; but will give[H5414]one[H259]tribe[H7626] to thy son[H1121] for David[H1732] my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen[H977].
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And the LORD[H3068] stirred up[H6965] an adversary[H7854] unto Solomon[H8010], Hadad[H1908] the Edomite[H130]: he was of the king's seed[H2233] in Edom[H123].
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For it came to pass, when David[H1732] was in Edom[H123], and Joab[H3097] the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] was gone up[H5927] to bury[H6912] the slain[H2491], after he had smitten[H5221] every male[H2145] in Edom[H123];
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(For six[H8337]months[H2320] did Joab[H3097]remain[H3427] there with all Israel[H3478], until he had cut off[H3772] every male[H2145] in Edom[H123]:)
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That Hadad[H111]fled[H1272], he and certain[H582]Edomites[H130] of his father's servants[H5650] with him, to go[H935] into Egypt[H4714]; Hadad[H1908] being yet a little[H6996]child[H5288].
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And they arose[H6965] out of Midian[H4080], and came[H935] to Paran[H6290]: and they took[H3947]men[H582] with them out of Paran[H6290], and they came[H935] to Egypt[H4714], unto Pharaoh[H6547]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714]; which gave[H5414] him an house[H1004], and appointed[H559] him victuals[H3899], and gave[H5414] him land[H776].
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And Hadad[H1908]found[H4672]great[H3966]favour[H2580] in the sight[H5869] of Pharaoh[H6547], so that he gave[H5414] him to wife[H802] the sister[H269] of his own wife[H802], the sister[H269] of Tahpenes[H8472] the queen[H1377].
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And the sister[H269] of Tahpenes[H8472]bare[H3205] him Genubath[H1592] his son[H1121], whom Tahpenes[H8472]weaned[H1580]in[H8432]Pharaoh[H6547]'s house[H1004]: and Genubath[H1592] was in[H8432]Pharaoh[H6547]'s household[H1004]among[H8432] the sons[H1121] of Pharaoh[H6547].
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And when Hadad[H1908]heard[H8085] in Egypt[H4714] that David[H1732]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and that Joab[H3097] the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] was dead[H4191], Hadad[H1908]said[H559] to Pharaoh[H6547], Let me depart[H7971], that I may go[H3212] to mine own country[H776].
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Then Pharaoh[H6547]said[H559] unto him, But what hast thou lacked[H2638] with me, that, behold, thou seekest[H1245] to go[H3212] to thine own country?[H776] And he answered[H559], Nothing: howbeit let me go[H7971] in any wise[H7971].
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And God[H430] stirred him up[H6965] another adversary[H7854], Rezon[H7331] the son[H1121] of Eliadah[H450], which fled[H1272] from his lord[H113]Hadadezer[H1909]king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678]:
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And he gathered[H6908]men[H582] unto him, and became captain[H8269] over a band[H1416], when David[H1732]slew[H2026] them of Zobah: and they went[H3212] to Damascus[H1834], and dwelt[H3427] therein, and reigned[H4427] in Damascus[H1834].
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And he was an adversary[H7854] to Israel[H3478] all the days[H3117] of Solomon[H8010], beside the mischief[H7451] that Hadad[H1908] did: and he abhorred[H6973]Israel[H3478], and reigned[H4427] over Syria[H758].
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And Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], an Ephrathite[H673] of Zereda[H6868], Solomon's servant[H5650], whose mother's name[H8034] was Zeruah[H6871], a widow[H490]woman[H802], even he lifted up[H7311] his hand[H3027] against the king[H4428].
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And this was the cause[H1697] that he lifted up[H7311] his hand[H3027] against the king[H4428]: Solomon[H8010]built[H1129]Millo[H4407], and repaired[H5462] the breaches[H6556] of the city[H5892] of David[H1732] his father[H1].
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And the man[H376]Jeroboam[H3379] was a mighty man[H1368] of valour[H2428]: and Solomon[H8010]seeing[H7200] the young man[H5288] that he was industrious[H6213], he made him ruler[H6485] over all the charge[H5447] of the house[H1004] of Joseph[H3130].
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And it came to pass at that time[H6256] when Jeroboam[H3379] went out[H3318] of Jerusalem[H3389], that the prophet[H5030]Ahijah[H281] the Shilonite[H7888]found[H4672] him in the way[H1870]; and he had clad[H3680] himself with a new[H2319]garment[H8008]; and they two[H8147] were alone in the field[H7704]:
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And Ahijah[H281]caught[H8610] the new[H2319]garment[H8008] that was on him, and rent[H7167] it in twelve[H8147]pieces[H7168]:
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And he said[H559] to Jeroboam[H3379], Take[H3947] thee ten[H6235]pieces[H7168]: for thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Behold, I will rend[H7167] the kingdom[H4467] out of the hand[H3027] of Solomon[H8010], and will give[H5414]ten[H6235]tribes[H7626] to thee:
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(But he shall have one[H259]tribe[H7626] for my servant[H5650] David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city[H5892] which I have chosen[H977] out of all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478]:)
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Because that they have forsaken[H5800] me, and have worshipped[H7812]Ashtoreth[H6253] the goddess[H430] of the Zidonians[H6722], Chemosh[H3645] the god[H430] of the Moabites[H4124], and Milcom[H4445] the god[H430] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and have not walked[H1980] in my ways[H1870], to do[H6213] that which is right[H3477] in mine eyes[H5869], and to keep my statutes[H2708] and my judgments[H4941], as did David[H1732] his father[H1].
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Howbeit I will not take[H3947] the whole kingdom[H4467] out of his hand[H3027]: but I will make[H7896] him prince[H5387] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416] for David[H1732] my servant's sake, whom I chose[H977], because he kept[H8104] my commandments[H4687] and my statutes[H2708]:
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But I will take[H3947] the kingdom[H4410] out of his son's hand[H3027], and will give[H5414] it unto thee, even ten[H6235]tribes[H7626].
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And unto his son[H1121] will I give[H5414]one[H259]tribe[H7626], that David[H1732] my servant[H5650] may have a light[H5216]alway[H3117]before[H6440] me in Jerusalem[H3389], the city[H5892] which I have chosen[H977] me to put[H7760] my name[H8034] there.
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And I will take[H3947] thee, and thou shalt reign[H4427] according to all that thy soul[H5315]desireth[H183], and shalt be king[H4428] over Israel[H3478].
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And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken[H8085] unto all that I command[H6680] thee, and wilt walk[H1980] in my ways[H1870], and do[H6213] that is right[H3477] in my sight[H5869], to keep[H8104] my statutes[H2708] and my commandments[H4687], as David[H1732] my servant[H5650]did[H6213]; that I will be with thee, and build[H1129] thee a sure[H539]house[H1004], as I built[H1129] for David[H1732], and will give[H5414]Israel[H3478] unto thee.
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And I will for this afflict[H6031] the seed[H2233] of David[H1732], but not for ever[H3117].
40Solomon[H8010]sought[H1245] therefore to kill[H4191]Jeroboam[H3379]. And Jeroboam[H3379]arose[H6965], and fled[H1272] into Egypt[H4714], unto Shishak[H7895]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and was in Egypt[H4714] until the death[H4194] of Solomon[H8010].
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And the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Solomon[H8010], and all that he did[H6213], and his wisdom[H2451], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the acts[H1697] of Solomon?[H8010]
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And the time[H3117] that Solomon[H8010]reigned[H4427] in Jerusalem[H3389] over all Israel[H3478] was forty[H705]years[H8141].
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And Solomon[H8010]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732] his father[H1]: and Rehoboam[H7346] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.