1 Kings 11

1 and [the] king Solomon to love: lover woman foreign many and [obj] daughter Pharaoh Moabite Ammon Edomite Sidonian Hittite

King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].

2 from [the] nation which to say LORD to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel not to come (in): marry in/on/with them and they(masc.) not to come (in): marry in/on/with you surely to stretch [obj] heart your after God their in/on/with them to cleave Solomon to/for love

He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”

3 and to be to/for him woman: wife princess seven hundred and concubine three hundred and to stretch woman: wife his [obj] heart his

Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].

4 and to be to/for time old age Solomon woman: wife his to stretch [obj] heart his after God another and not to be heart his complete with LORD God his like/as heart David father his

By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.

5 and to go: follow Solomon after Ashtoreth God Sidonian and after Milcom abomination Ammon

Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

6 and to make: do Solomon [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and not to fill after LORD like/as David father his

That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.

7 then to build Solomon high place to/for Chemosh abomination Moab in/on/with mountain: mount which upon face: east Jerusalem and to/for Molech abomination son: descendant/people Ammon

On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

8 and so to make: do to/for all woman: wife his [the] foreign to offer: offer and to sacrifice to/for God their

He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.

9 and be angry LORD in/on/with Solomon for to stretch heart his from from with LORD God Israel [the] to see: see to(wards) him beat

Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,

10 and to command to(wards) him upon [the] word: thing [the] this to/for lest to go: follow after God another and not to keep: obey [obj] which to command LORD

11 and to say LORD to/for Solomon because which to be this with you and not to keep: obey covenant my and statute my which to command upon you to tear to tear [obj] [the] kingdom from upon you and to give: give her to/for servant/slave your

and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.

12 surely in/on/with day your not to make: do her because David father your from hand: power son: child your to tear her

But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].

13 except [obj] all [the] kingdom not to tear tribe one to give: give to/for son: child your because David servant/slave my and because Jerusalem which to choose

But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”

14 and to arise: raise LORD Satan to/for Solomon [obj] Hadad [the] Edomite from seed: children [the] king he/she/it in/on/with Edom

Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.

15 and to be in/on/with to be David [obj] Edom in/on/with to ascend: rise Joab ruler [the] army to/for to bury [obj] [the] slain: killed and to smite all male in/on/with Edom

What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.

16 for six month to dwell there Joab and all Israel till to cut: eliminate all male in/on/with Edom

17 and to flee Hadad he/she/it and human Edomite from servant/slave father his with him to/for to come (in): come Egypt and Hadad youth small

Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.

18 and to arise: rise from Midian and to come (in): come Paran and to take: take human with them from Paran and to come (in): come Egypt to(wards) Pharaoh king Egypt and to give: give to/for him house: home and food to say to/for him and land: country/planet to give: give to/for him

They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.

19 and to find Hadad favor in/on/with eye: seeing Pharaoh much and to give: give(marriage) to/for him woman: wife [obj] sister woman: wife his sister Tahpenes [the] queen

The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.

20 and to beget to/for him sister Tahpenes [obj] Genubath son: child his and to wean him Tahpenes in/on/with midst house: household Pharaoh and to be Genubath house: household Pharaoh in/on/with midst son: child Pharaoh

Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.

21 and Hadad to hear: hear in/on/with Egypt for to lie down: be dead David with father his and for to die Joab ruler [the] army and to say Hadad to(wards) Pharaoh to send: depart me and to go: went to(wards) land: country/planet my

While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”

22 and to say to/for him Pharaoh for what? you(m. s.) lacking with me and look! you to seek to/for to go: went to(wards) land: country/planet your and to say not for to send: let go to send: let go me

But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].

23 and to arise: raise God to/for him Satan [obj] Rezon son: child Eliada which to flee from with Hadadezer king Zobah lord his

God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].

24 and to gather upon him human and to be ruler band in/on/with to kill David [obj] them and to go: went Damascus and to dwell in/on/with her and to reign in/on/with Damascus

Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.

25 and to be Satan to/for Israel all day Solomon and with [the] distress: harm which Hadad and to loathe in/on/with Israel and to reign upon Syria

All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.

26 and Jeroboam son: child Nebat Ephraimite from [the] Zeredah and name mother his Zeruah woman: wife widow servant/slave to/for Solomon and to exalt hand in/on/with king

Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.

27 and this [the] word: because which to exalt hand in/on/with king Solomon to build [obj] [the] Millo to shut [obj] breach city David father his

This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].

28 and [the] man Jeroboam mighty man strength and to see: see Solomon [obj] [the] youth for to make: [do] work he/she/it and to reckon: overseer [obj] him to/for all burden house: household Joseph

Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.

29 and to be in/on/with time [the] he/she/it and Jeroboam to come out: come from Jerusalem and to find [obj] him Ahijah [the] Shilonite [the] prophet in/on/with way: road and he/she/it to cover in/on/with garment new and two their to/for alone them in/on/with land: country

One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,

30 and to capture Ahijah in/on/with garment [the] new which upon him and to tear her two ten rags

which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.

31 and to say to/for Jeroboam to take: take to/for you ten rags for thus to say LORD God Israel look! I to tear [obj] [the] kingdom from hand: power Solomon and to give: give to/for you [obj] ten [the] tribe

He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].

32 and [the] tribe [the] one to be to/for him because servant/slave my David and because Jerusalem [the] city which to choose in/on/with her from all tribe Israel

Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].

33 because which to leave: forsake me and to bow to/for Ashtoreth God Sidonian to/for Chemosh God Moab and to/for Milcom God son: descendant/people Ammon and not to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct my to/for to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: seeing my and statute my and justice: judgement my like/as David father his

I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.

34 and not to take: take [obj] all [the] kingdom from hand: power his for leader to set: make him all day life his because David servant/slave my which to choose [obj] him which to keep: obey commandment my and statute my

‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.

35 and to take: take [the] kingship from hand: power son: child his and to give: give her to/for you [obj] ten [the] tribe

But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].

36 and to/for son: child his to give: give tribe one because to be lamp to/for David servant/slave my all [the] day: always to/for face: before my in/on/with Jerusalem [the] city which to choose to/for me to/for to set: put name my there

I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].

37 and [obj] you to take: take and to reign in/on/with all which to desire soul your and to be king upon Israel

I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.

38 and to be if to hear: hear [obj] all which to command you and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct my and to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance my to/for to keep: obey statute my and commandment my like/as as which to make: do David servant/slave my and to be with you and to build to/for you house: household be faithful like/as as which to build to/for David and to give: give to/for you [obj] Israel

If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.

39 and to afflict [obj] seed: children David because this surely not all [the] day: always

Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”

40 and to seek Solomon to/for to die [obj] Jeroboam and to arise: rise Jeroboam and to flee Egypt to(wards) Shishak king Egypt and to be in/on/with Egypt till death Solomon

Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.

41 and remainder word: deed Solomon and all which to make: do and wisdom his not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book word: deed Solomon

[A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.

42 and [the] day which to reign Solomon in/on/with Jerusalem upon all Israel forty year

He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.

43 and to lie down: be dead Solomon with father his and to bury in/on/with city David father his and to reign Rehoboam son: child his underneath: instead him

Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.