Chapter 11

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am 3020-3029, bc 984-975

loved 1Kgs 11:8; Gen 6:2-5; Deut 17:17; Neh 13:23-27; Prov 2:16, Prov 5:8-20, Prov 6:24, Prov 7:5; Prov 22:14, Prov 23:33

together with or, beside, 1Kgs 3:1; Lev 18:18


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Ye shall not go in Exod 23:32-33, Exod 34:16; Deut 7:3-4; Josh 23:12-13; Ezra 9:12, Ezra 10:2-17; Mal 2:11

surely 1Kgs 16:31-33; Num 25:1-3; Judg 3:6-7; 2Chr 21:6; 2Cor 6:14-16

Solomon Gen 2:24, Gen 34:3; Judg 16:4-21; 2Chr 19:2; Ps 139:21; Rom 1:32, Rom 12:9; 1Cor 15:33; Rev 2:4


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seven hundred Judg 8:30-31, Judg 9:5; 2Sam 3:2-5, 2Sam 5:13-16; 2Chr 11:21; Eccl 7:28


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when Solomon 1Kgs 11:42, 1Kgs 6:1, 1Kgs 9:10, 1Kgs 14:21

his wives 1Kgs 11:2; Deut 7:4, Deut 17:17; Neh 13:26-27

his heart 1Kgs 11:6, 1Kgs 11:38, 1Kgs 6:12-13, 1Kgs 8:61, 1Kgs 9:4, 1Kgs 15:3, 1Kgs 15:14; 2Kgs 20:3; 1Chr 28:9, 1Chr 29:19; 2Chr 17:3, 2Chr 25:2, 2Chr 31:20-21, 2Chr 34:2


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Ashtoreth 1Kgs 11:33; Judg 2:13, Judg 10:6; 1Sam 7:3-4, 1Sam 12:10; 2Kgs 23:13; Jer 2:10-13

Milcom 1Kgs 11:7; Lev 18:21, Lev 20:2-5, Molech, Zeph 1:5, Malcham


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went not fully after Heb. fulfilled not after, Num 14:24; Josh 14:8, Josh 14:14 *Heb:


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build an high Lev 26:30; Num 33:52; 2Kgs 21:2-3, 2Kgs 23:13-14; Ps 78:58; Ezek 20:28-29

Chemosh Num 21:29; Judg 11:24; Jer 48:13

abomination Deut 13:14, Deut 17:3-4, Deut 27:15; Isa 44:19; Ezek 18:12; Dan 11:31, Dan 12:11; Rev 17:4-5

the hill This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would be behind it; for the very term used to denote the east, kedem, means before, while acharon, behind, sometimes signifies the west. Gen 33:2; 2Sam 15:30; 2Kgs 23:13; Zech 14:4; Matt 26:30; Acts 1:9, Acts 1:12


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all his strange wives 1Kgs 11:1; Ezek 16:22-29; Hos 4:11-12; 1Cor 10:11-12, 1Cor 10:20-22


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angry Exod 4:14; Num 12:9; Deut 3:26, Deut 9:8, Deut 9:20; 2Sam 6:7, 2Sam 11:27; 1Chr 21:7; Ps 78:58-60, Ps 90:7-8

his heart 1Kgs 11:2-3; Deut 7:4; Prov 4:23; Isa 29:13-14; Hos 4:11; 2Tim 4:10

which had appeared 1Kgs 3:5, 1Kgs 9:2


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commanded 1Kgs 6:12-13, 1Kgs 9:4-7; 2Chr 7:17-22


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is done of thee Heb. is with thee

thou hast not Isa 29:13-14

I will surely 1Kgs 11:31, 1Kgs 12:15-16, 1Kgs 12:20; Num 14:23, Num 14:35; 1Sam 2:30-32, 1Sam 13:13-14, 1Sam 15:26-28; 2Sam 12:9-12


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in thy days 1Kgs 21:29; 2Kgs 20:17, 2Kgs 20:19, 2Kgs 22:19-20

for David 1Sam 9:4-5; Gen 12:2, Gen 19:29

I will rend it out Exod 20:5


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Howbeit 1Kgs 11:39; 2Sam 7:15-16; 1Chr 17:13-14; Ps 89:33-37

one tribe 1Kgs 11:35-36, 1Kgs 12:20

for David 1Kgs 11:11-12, 1Kgs 11:32; Deut 9:5; 2Kgs 13:23, 2Kgs 19:34; Ps 89:49, Ps 132:1, Ps 132:17; Isa 9:7; Jer 33:17-26; Luke 1:32-33

for Jerusalem's Deut 12:5, Deut 12:11; 2Kgs 21:4, 2Kgs 23:27; Ps 132:13-14; Isa 14:32, Isa 62:1, Isa 62:7; Jer 33:15-16


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the Lord 1Kgs 12:15; 1Sam 26:19; 2Sam 24:1; 1Chr 5:26; Isa 10:5, Isa 10:26, Isa 13:17

an adversary 2Sam 7:14; Ps 89:30-34


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when David 2Sam 8:14; 1Chr 18:12-13; Ps 60:1 *title Ps 108:10

after he had Gen 25:23, Gen 27:40; Num 24:18-19; Deut 20:13; Mal 1:2-3

every male Num 31:17


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Hadad Exod 2:1-10; 2Sam 4:4; 2Kgs 11:2; Matt 2:13-14

a little child Naar katon, rather, "a little boy:" one who was apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father's servants, make his escape.


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Midian Probably not the Midian east of the Red Sea, to which Moses fled (Exod 2:15, etc.) but the Midian east of the Dead Sea, and south of Moab. These Midianites, whose daughters seduced the Israelites to commit idolatry (Num 22:4, Num 22:7; Num 25:15; Num 31:2, etc.) were descendants of Midian, son of Abraham (Gen 25:2). Their capital city was called Midian, and its remains were to be seen in the time of Eusebius and Jerome. It was situated on the Arnon, south of the city Ar, or Areopolis. Gen 25:2, Gen 25:4; Num 22:4, Num 25:6, Num 25:14, Num 25:18

Paran Probably the city of Paran, or the district around it, situated in the south of Idumea, and according to Eusebius, three days' journey east from Elah or Elath, at the head of the eastern branch, or Elamitic gulf of the Red Sea. Gen 14:6, Gen 21:21; Num 10:12; Deut 1:1, Deut 33:2; Hab 3:3


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found Gen 39:4, Gen 39:21; Acts 7:10, Acts 7:21

that he gave Gen 41:45

Tahpenes Jer 43:7-9


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weaned Gen 21:7; 1Sam 1:24


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Hadad 1Kgs 2:10, 1Kgs 2:34; Exod 4:19; Matt 2:20

Let me depart Heb. Send me away, Gen 45:24; Josh 2:21; 1Sam 9:26; 2Sam 3:21


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But Jer 2:31; Luke 22:35

Nothing Heb. Not

let me go 2Sam 18:22-23; Ps 37:8; Mark 14:31


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God 1Kgs 11:14; 2Sam 16:11; Ezra 1:1; Isa 13:17, Isa 37:26, Isa 45:5; Ezek 38:16

Hadadezer 2Sam 8:3, 2Sam 10:8, 2Sam 10:15-18; 1Chr 18:3-9, 1Chr 19:6, 1Chr 19:16-19, Hadarezer, Ps 60:1 *title


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to Damascus 1Kgs 19:15, 1Kgs 20:34; Gen 14:15; Acts 9:2

in Damascus Damascus, called also Damesk, but generally El Sham, by the Arabs, is situated in a delightful plain, well watered by the Barrada, at the eastern foot of Antilibanus, being surrounded by the hills in the form of a triumphal arch, 136 miles n of Jerusalem, 195 s of Antioch, and 276 ssw of Diarbekir. It is a city of the highest antiquity, being at least as ancient as the time of Abraham. It has been often captured, and several times demolished, but has always risen to splendour and dignity. The modern town is described by Maundrell as of a long, straight figure, it ends pointing nearly ne and sw It is very slender in the middle, but swells bigger at each end, especially at that to the ne According to Niebuhr, the walls are something less than a league and half in circumference; and the population is estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000.


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all the days 1Kgs 5:4; 2Chr 15:2

abhorred Gen 34:30; Deut 23:7; 2Sam 16:21; Ps 106:40; Zech 11:8


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Jeroboam 1Kgs 11:11, 1Kgs 11:28, 1Kgs 12:2, 1Kgs 12:20-24, 1Kgs 13:1-10, 1Kgs 14:16, 1Kgs 15:30, 1Kgs 16:3, 1Kgs 21:22

an Ephrathite Gen 35:16; Ruth 1:2; 1Sam 1:1, 1Sam 17:12; 1Chr 2:19

Solomon's servant 1Kgs 9:22; 2Chr 13:6


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lifted up 2Sam 20:21; Prov 30:32; Isa 26:11

Solomon 1Kgs 9:15, 1Kgs 9:24

repaired Heb. closed, Amos 9:11

the breaches Neh 4:7; Ps 60:2; Isa 22:9; Ezek 13:5

the city 2Sam 5:7


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was industrious Heb. did work, Prov 22:29

he made 1Kgs 5:16

charge Heb. burden, Deut 1:12; Isa 14:25; Matt 11:30

the house Josh 18:5; Judg 1:22-23; 2Sam 19:20; Amos 5:6; Zech 10:6


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Ahijah 1Kgs 12:15, 1Kgs 14:2; 2Chr 9:29

Shilonite Josh 18:1

and they two Gen 4:8; 2Sam 14:6


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rent it 1Sam 15:27-28, 1Sam 24:4-5


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thus saith 1Kgs 11:11-12


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he shall 1Kgs 12:20

for Jerusalem's sake 1Kgs 11:13


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they have forsaken 1Kgs 11:9, 1Kgs 3:14, 1Kgs 6:12-13, 1Kgs 9:5-7; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 15:2; Jer 2:13; Hos 4:17

Ashtoreth 1Kgs 11:5-8


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Howbeit 1Kgs 11:12-13, 1Kgs 11:31; Job 11:6; Ps 103:10; Hab 3:2

for David Isa 55:3


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I will take Exod 20:5-6

will give 1Kgs 12:15-17, 1Kgs 12:20; 2Chr 10:15-17


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David 1Kgs 15:4; 2Sam 7:16, 2Sam 7:29, 2Sam 21:17; 2Kgs 8:19; 2Chr 21:7; Ps 132:17; Jer 33:17-21; Amos 9:11-12; Luke 1:69-70, Luke 1:78-79; Acts 15:16-17

light Heb. lamp, or candle

the city 1Kgs 11:13, 1Kgs 9:3; Gal 4:25-26; Heb 12:22; Rev 21:10


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according 1Kgs 11:26; Deut 14:26; 2Sam 3:21


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if thou wilt 1Kgs 3:14, 1Kgs 6:12, 1Kgs 9:4-5; Exod 19:5; Deut 15:5; Zech 3:7

that I will Deut 31:8; Josh 1:5

build the 1Kgs 14:7-14; 2Sam 7:11, 2Sam 7:16, 2Sam 7:26-29; 1Chr 17:10, 1Chr 17:24-27


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afflict 1Kgs 12:16, 1Kgs 14:8, 1Kgs 14:25-26; Ps 89:38-45, Ps 89:49-51

not for ever 1Kgs 11:36; Ps 89:30-34; Isa 7:14, Isa 9:7, Isa 11:1-10; Jer 23:5-6; Lam 3:31-32; Luke 1:32-33, Luke 2:4, Luke 2:11


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Solomon sought 2Chr 16:10; Prov 21:30; Isa 14:24-27, Isa 46:10; Lam 3:37

Shishak This is the first time we meet with the proper name of an Egyptian king in Scripture, Pharaoh being the general appellation for all the sovereigns of that country. Some are of opinion that Shishak is the same with the celebrated Sesostris of the Greek historians; but it is probable that this king lived long before Solomon's time. Usher thinks him to be Sesonchis, and places the beginning of his reign, am 3026, bc 978. 1Kgs 14:25-26; 2Chr 12:2-9


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rest 2Chr 9:29-31

acts or, words, or things


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time Heb. days

forty years Josephus says fourscore years; which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him to have been 18 years old when he came to the throne, and 58 when he died. 1Kgs 2:11


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am 3029, bc 975

slept 1Kgs 1:21, 1Kgs 14:20, 1Kgs 15:8, 1Kgs 15:24, 1Kgs 16:6; Deut 31:16; 2Kgs 16:20, 2Kgs 20:21, 2Kgs 21:18

buried 1Kgs 2:10, 1Kgs 14:31; 2Kgs 21:18, 2Kgs 21:26; 2Chr 21:20, 2Chr 26:23, 2Chr 28:27; Jer 22:19

Rehoboam 1Chr 3:10; 2Chr 9:31, 2Chr 13:7; Matt 1:5, Roboam


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