Verse 43

1 Kings 11:43

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43 And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

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hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב שְׁלֹמֹה֙ עִם אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּ֨קָּבֵ֔ר בְּ/עִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑י/ו וַ/יִּמְלֹ֛ךְ רְחַבְעָ֥ם בְּנ֖/וֹ תַּחְתָּֽי/ו

English Translation

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

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Chapter 11 Context

1 Now a number of strange women were loved by Solomon, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zid... Focus ↗

2 The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from the... Focus ↗

3 He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives... Focus ↗

4 For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; a... Focus ↗

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of th... Focus ↗

6 And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as D... Focus ↗

7 Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jer... Focus ↗

8 And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods. Focus ↗

9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God (Elohi... Focus ↗

10 And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did n... Focus ↗

11 So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws,... Focus ↗

12 I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son. Focus ↗

13 Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my... Focus ↗

14 So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom. Focus ↗

15 And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the... Focus ↗

16 (For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;) Focus ↗

17 Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his fath... Focus ↗

18 And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to E... Focus ↗

19 Now Hadad was very pleasing to Pharaoh, so that he gave him the sister of his wife, Tahpenes the que... Focus ↗

20 And the sister of Tahpenes had a son by him, Genubath, whom Tahpenes took care of in Pharaoh's house... Focus ↗

21 Now when Hadad had news in Egypt that David had been put to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, th... Focus ↗

22 But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desir... Focus ↗

23 And God (Elohim) sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from h... Focus ↗

24 He got some men together and made himself captain of a band of outlaws; and went to Damascus and bec... Focus ↗

25 He was a trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. And this is the damage Hadad did: he was... Focus ↗

26 And there was Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mo... Focus ↗

27 The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this: Solomon was building the M... Focus ↗

28 And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him... Focus ↗

29 Now at that time, when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came ac... Focus ↗

30 And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve. Focus ↗

31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take... Focus ↗

32 (But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, o... Focus ↗

33 Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and... Focus ↗

34 But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because o... Focus ↗

35 But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you. Focus ↗

36 And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning bef... Focus ↗

37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your so... Focus ↗

38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my... Focus ↗

39 (So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.) Focus ↗

40 And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Sh... Focus ↗

41 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the bo... Focus ↗

42 And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. Focus ↗

43 And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his fathe...

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 11 (43 verses)
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