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Verse 1 Kings 11:7. _THE HILL THAT IS BEFORE JERUSALEM_] This was the
_Mount_ _of Olives_....
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Chemosh (Numbers 21:29 note), seems to have been widely worshipped in
Western Asia. His name occurs frequently on the “Moabite-Stone.”
Car-Chemish, “the fort of Chemosh,” a great city of the northern...
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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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CHEMOSH. Compare Numbers 21:29; Jeremiah 48:7; Jeremiah 48:13;
Jeremiah 48:46; 2 Kings 23:13.
THE HILL, &C.. Mount of Olives! Hence called "the Mount of Corruption"
(2 Kings 23:13).
MOLECH. Generally...
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_a high place_ That -high places" were not abolished in Solomon's time
we can see from 1 Kings 3:2-3, where see notes. The idea was that on a
lofty height the worshipper drew nearer to his god, and so...
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I. SOLOMON'S TRANSGRESSIONS 11:1-13
TRANSLATION
(1) And King Solomon loved many strange women, even Pharaoh's
daughter, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian and Hittite women (2)
from the nations of...
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_THEN 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._
Then did Solomon build an...
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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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(1-8) The defection of Solomon is distinctly traced to his polygamy,
contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is
also attributed to David (see 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 15:16), marki...
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אָז֩ יִבְנֶ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִ
כְמֹושׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מֹואָ֔ב בָּ † הָ֕ר
אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל ־פְּנֵ֣י...
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THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON
1 Kings 11:1
"That uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair
idolatresses, fell To idols foul."
- MILTON, Paradise Lost.
"Did not Solomon, king of Israel, s...
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A HEART TURNED AWAY FROM GOD
1 Kings 11:1
The practice of mixed marriages was in direct violation of the divine
Law, Deuteronomy 7:3, and it led to idolatry. All around the Holy City
arose heathen te...
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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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Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the (e) abomination
of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the
abomination of the children of Ammon.
(e) Thus the scripture...
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Chamos. Bacchus or Priapus, called Greek: Komos, by the Greeks, as he
presided over "feasting." His worship was most shameful, and therefore
performed in the night. The temples erected by Solomon, wer...
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(2) Of 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 go...
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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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Ver. 7 THEN DID SOLOMON BUILD AN HIGH PLACE FOR CHEMOSH, THE
ABOMINATION OF MESH,.... Of this idol, Jeremiah 48:7, an high place
for which he ordered to be built, or at least suffered it to be built,...
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Then 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.
Ver. 7. _For Chemosh._] _U...
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1 Kin. 11:5-7. It does not appear that Solomon did himself worship
these strange gods. But what his wives persuaded him to, was to build
high places for them to worship their gods in: he probably went...
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_Solomon went after Ashtoreth_ Called also Astarte. See on Judges
2:13. _And after Milcom_ The same, it is thought, with Molech, who is
here called an abomination, because highly detested by God. _Sol...
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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 Love of Women and Idolatry...
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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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1-8 There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human
depravity in the sacred Scriptures, than that here recorded. Solomon
became a public worshipper of abominable idols! Probably he by...
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THEN DID SOLOMON BUILD, i. e. suffer to be built, or gave money for
it. A HIGH PLACE, i.e. an altar upon the high place, as the manner of
the heathens was: SEE POOLE ON "NUMBERS 22:41" SEE POOLE ON "N...
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1 Kings 11:7 Solomon H8010 built H1129 (H8799) place H1116 Chemosh
H3645 abomination H8251 Moab H4124 hill H2022 east H6440 Jerusalem
H3389 Molech H4432 abomination H8251 people H1121 Ammon H5983
bui...
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SOLOMON THROWS HIMSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO IDOLATRY BECAUSE OF HIS
WIVES (1 KINGS 11:1).
Solomon's obsession with his own glory inevitably resulted in his
beginning to feel that he was so great that...
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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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_But King Solomon loved many strange women._
SOLOMON’S SIN
A few years ago two paintings were exhibited in this country, which
attracted wide attention. One of them represented Rome in the height
of...
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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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THE DECLINE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 11:1. BUT KING SOLOMON LOVED MANY STRANGE WOMEN—If
importations of foreign luxuries and indulgences into his court (see
previ...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S DEFECTION.—The observant reader will have already remarked
in this history some intimations of Solomon's approaching fall. Among
these are, first, the repeated warnings which are...
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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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2 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Kings 23:14; 2 Samuel
15:30; Acts 1:12; Acts 1:9; Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11; Deuteronomy
13:14
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An high place — That is, an altar upon the high place, as the manner
of the Heathens was. The hill — In the mount of olives, which was
nigh unto Jerusalem, 2 Samuel 15:30, and from this act was called...