1 Kings 11:33

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Contextual Overview

²⁶Now Solomon's servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon, ²⁷and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ²⁸Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph. ²⁹During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. ³⁰And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, ³¹and said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes. ³²But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. ³³For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molech the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon's father David did.³⁴Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes. ³⁵But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

Bible Verse Review
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they have forsaken: 1 Kings 11:9, 1 Kings 3:14, 1 Kings 6:12, 1 Kings 6:13, 1 Kings 9:5-7, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Jeremiah 2:13, Hosea 4:17

Ashtoreth: 1 Kings 11:5-8

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:26 - and wilt Leviticus 18:21 - to Molech Numbers 21:29 - General Judges 2:13 - served Judges 10:6 - the gods of Zidon 1 Samuel 7:4 - General 1 Kings 14:8 - my servant David 1 Kings 15:3 - and his heart 2 Kings 1:2 - god 2 Kings 21:22 - General 2 Kings 23:13 - Ashtoreth 2 Chronicles 21:10 - because Jeremiah 32:35 - which Jeremiah 48:7 - Chemosh Jeremiah 49:3 - their king Ezekiel 11:12 - General Amos 5:26 - the tabernacle of your Moloch Zephaniah 1:5 - Malcham

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because that they have forsaken me,.... My worship, as the Targum; both Solomon and the children of Israel following his example; which is not to be wondered at, considering how prone they always were to idolatry:

and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; of which deities, :- :-.

and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as [did] David his father; the several laws of God relating to religious worship especially, which David was a strict observer of; and therefore Solomon, having such a pattern before him, was the more blameworthy.