JESUS said:
Mark 3:24
King James Version
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself,
that kingdom cannot stand.
As with his father David, king Solomon was also punished by the Lord, for his sins.
GOD made things clear to Solomon:
1 Kings 11:13
King James Version
13 Howbeit 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.
And stirs up the FIRST adversary.
1 Kings 11:14-22
King James Version
14 And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon,
he was of the king's seed in Edom.
15 For 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:)
17 That Hadad fled,
he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him,
to go into Egypt;
Hadad being yet a little child.
18 And 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.
19 And 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.
20 And 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.
21 And 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.
22 Then 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.
Then God stirs up a SECOND adversary.
1 Kings 11:23-25
King James Version
23 And God stirred him up another adversary,
Rezon the son of Eliadah,
which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
24 And 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.
25 And 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.
Even a servant became disillusioned with Solomon.
1 Kings 11:26-28
King James Version
26 And 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.
27 And 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.
28 And 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.
Of course, the LORD sends a prophet to give Jeroboam a message.
1 Kings 11:29-32
King James Version
29 And 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:
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him,
and rent it in twelve pieces:
31 And 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:)
Through the prophet Ahijah, God gives the reason for His wrath against Solomon:
1 Kings 11:33
King James Version
33 Because 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.
But because God loves David, He leaves Solomon's son one tribe:
1 Kings 11:34-36
King James Version
34 Howbeit 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:
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand,
and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
36 And 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.
God appoints Jeroboam king of Israel.
1 Kings 11:37-38
King James Version
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign
according to all that thy soul desireth,
and shalt be king over Israel.
38 And 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.
And declares, the affliction against Solomon is temporary.
1 Kings 11:39
King James Version
39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David,
but not for ever.
Thus, ended the reign of Solomon, once favored by God.
1 Kings 11:40-43
King James Version
40 Solomon 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.
41 And 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?
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
over all Israel was forty years.
43 And Solomon slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David his father:
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
As God declared in the previous post, He was going to give idolatrous Solomon's kingdom to a servant.
1 Kings 11:11
King James Version
11 Wherefore 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.
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