1But king Solomon loved many strange women , together with the daughter of Pharaoh , women of the Moabites , Ammonites , Edomites , Zidonians , and Hittites ; 2Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel , Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods : Solomon clave unto these in love . 3And he had seven hundred wives , princesses , and three hundred concubines : and his wives turned away his heart . 4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old , that his wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God , as was the heart of David his father . 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians , and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites . 6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD , and went not fully after the LORD , as did David his father . 7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh , the abomination of Moab , in the hill that is before Jerusalem , and for Molech , the abomination of the children of Ammon . 8And likewise did he for all his strange wives , which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods .
God's Judgment Against Solomon
9And the LORD was angry with Solomon , because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel , which had appeared unto him twice , 10And had commanded him concerning this thing , that he should not go after other gods : but he kept not that which the LORD commanded . 11Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon , Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes , which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant . 12Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son . 13Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom ; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen .
The Rise of Jeroboam
14And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon , Hadad the Edomite : he was of the king’s seed in Edom . 15For it came to pass, when David was in Edom , and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain , after he had smitten every male in Edom ; 16(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel , until he had cut off every male in Edom :) 17That Hadad fled , he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt ; Hadad being yet a little child . 18And they arose out of Midian , and came to Paran : and they took men with them out of Paran , and they came to Egypt , unto Pharaoh king of Egypt ; which gave him an house , and appointed him victuals , and gave him land . 19And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh , so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife , the sister of Tahpenes the queen . 20And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son , whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house : and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh . 21And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers , and that Joab the captain of the host was dead , Hadad said to Pharaoh , Let me depart , that I may go to mine own country . 22Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country ? And he answered , Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise .
The Conclusion of Solomon's Reign
23And God stirred him up another adversary , Rezon the son of Eliadah , which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah : 24And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band , when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus , and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus . 25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon , beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel , and reigned over Syria . 26And Jeroboam the son of Nebat , an Ephrathite of Zereda , Solomon’s servant , whose mother’s name was Zeruah , a widow woman , even he lifted up his hand against the king . 27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king : Solomon built Millo , and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father . 28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour : and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious , he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph . 29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem , that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way ; and he had clad himself with a new garment ; and they two were alone in the field : 30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces : 31And he said to Jeroboam , Take thee ten pieces : for thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel , Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon , and will give ten tribes to thee: 32(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel :) 33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians , Chemosh the god of the Moabites , and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon , 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 . 34Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand : but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose , because he kept my commandments and my statutes : 35But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand , and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes . 36And unto his son will I give one tribe , that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem , the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth , and shalt be king over Israel . 38And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways , and do that is right in my sight , to keep my statutes and my commandments , as David my servant did ; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house , as I built for David , and will give Israel unto thee. 39And I will for this afflict the seed of David , but not for ever . 40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam . And Jeroboam arose , and fled into Egypt , unto Shishak king of Egypt , and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon . 41And the rest of the acts of Solomon , and all that he did , and his wisdom , are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon ? 42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years . 43And Solomon slept with his fathers , and was buried in the city of David his father : and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.