"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:"
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Verse 31. _TAKE THEE TEN PIECES_] The _garment_ was the symbol of the
_kingdom of Israel_; the _twelve pieces_ the symbol of the _twelve_
_tribes_; the _ten pieces_ given to Jeroboam, of the _ten trib...
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7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF
DISRUPTION
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_
2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14)
3. Rezon the...
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SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From
various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the
LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the...
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TEN. Levi not reckoned....
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_Take thee ten pieces_ With this symbolical action of Ahijah may be
compared the -horns of iron" which Zedekiah made (1 Kings 22:11) to
express most significantly the way in which he prophesied that A...
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D. THE REBELLION OF JEROBOAM 11:26-40
TRANSLATION
(26) And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's
servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, even he raised up a
hand aga...
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_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:_
No JFB comme...
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SOLOMON'S ERRORS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. HIS DEATH
This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous
foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the
toleration of i...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 11
SOLOMON *WORSHIPS FALSE GODS
V1 Solomon, however, loved many foreign women. He married the
daughter of the king of Egypt. He also mar...
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TAKE THEE TEN PIECES. — The message delivered by Ahijah first
repeats exactly the former warning to Solomon (1 Kings 11:9), marking,
by the two reserved pieces of the garment, the duality of the “one...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לְ יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם קַח
־לְךָ֖ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה קְרָעִ֑ים כִּ֣י כֹה֩
אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
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HOLLOW PROSPERITY
1 Kings 11:1
"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is
vanity."
- Ecclesiastes 1:2
"At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of
r...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes
away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the
man had ever a strong animal side. His commercial enterprise...
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(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 alo...
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting
upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom
from Go...
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AND HE SAID TO JEROBOAM, TAKE THEE TEN PIECES,.... Of the twelve, an
emblem of the ten tribes he was to have:
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, BEHOLD, I WILL REND THE KINGDOM
OUT OF THE HAND OF...
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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:
Ver. 31. _I wi...
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_And rent it in twelve pieces_ An emblem of what he was to acquaint
him with; or rather a prediction of it. For there were two ways, in
those ancient times, of foretelling future events; one in expres...
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1 Solomons wiues and concubines.
4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry.
9 God threatneth him.
14 Solomons aduersaries were Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt,
23 Rezon who reigned in Damascu...
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Solomon's Adversaries and Death...
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MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY
(vs.1-13)
Solomon also disobeyedDeuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with
foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and
Hittites (v.1...
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26-40 In telling the reason why God rent the kingdom from the house of
Solomon, Ahijah warned Jeroboam to take heed of sinning away his
preferment. Yet the house of David must be supported; out of it...
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TAKE THEE TEN PIECES; whence the kingdom of Israel is oft called the
kingdom of the ten tribes; by which expression it may seem that
David's posterity should have one tribe reserved out of the kingdom...
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1 Kings 11:31 said H559 (H8799) Jeroboam H3379 Take H3947 (H8798) ten
H6235 pieces H7168 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478
tear H7167 (H8802) kingdom H4467 hand H3027 Solomon H8010 gi...
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YHWH RAISES UP THREE ADVERSARIES TO SOLOMON (1 KINGS 11:14).
At the commencement of his reign Solomon had had to deal with three
rebels against the throne, Adonijah, Abiathar and Joab and Shimei (1
Ki...
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CONTENTS: Solomon's heart turned. Chastened of God. Rise of Jeroboam.
Death of Solomon.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hadad, Pharaoh, Rezon, Jeroboam, Adoram,
Ahijah.
CONCLUSION: The way of sin is down...
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1 Kings 11:1. _Solomon loved many strange women,_ of gentile nations,
and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India
are married to great men merely as a mark of honour, and they...
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_Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold I will rend the kingdom out
of the hand of Solomon._
THE PURPOSE OF GOD
“Nothing,” we are told, “succeeds like success.” It is the
sign of a man of transcen...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:1 Throughout chs. 1 Kings 1:1 there have
been hints that all is not well with Solomon’s heart. Now comes the
inevitable conclusion: Solomon’s sins have led him to apostasy....
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_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14_
THE AGENTS OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION
I. ARE SECRETLY PREPARING WHEN LEAST SUSPECTED. Hadad and Rezon on the
frontier, and Jeroboam under the shadow of the throne, were plott...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1
Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey
respecting the _temple, _and in 1 Kings 9:1; 1 Kin...
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Chapter eleven.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughters
of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
Hittites (1 Kings 11:1);
Now turn back f...
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1 Kings 11:11; 1 Kings 11:12...