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1 Kings 11:1

Context
The Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry

11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

1 Kings 11:33

Context
11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him 1  because they have 2  abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions 3  by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 4 

1 tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

2 tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

3 tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

4 tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”



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