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Millo was probably fortified in Solomon’s twenty-fourth or
twenty-fifth year....
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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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MILLO. the Millo. See note on 1 Kings 9:15....
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_Millo_ Read THE MILLO. See above on 1 Kings 9:15.
_and repaired the breaches of the city of David_ The verb signifies
-to close up" and the noun is in the singular. Hence -to close up the
breach" has...
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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 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._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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11:27 breach (b-22) * Probably the ravine between Zion and Ophel -- to
complete the fortifications of Jerusalem....
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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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SOLOMON BUILT MILLO. — See 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:24. This was
apparently after he had built the Temple and the palace, some twenty
years after his accession, when the delight in magnificence of
buil...
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וְ זֶ֣ה הַ דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר ־הֵרִ֥ים
יָ֖ד
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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
ra...
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THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND
1 Kings 11:14
"He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption."
- Galatians 6:8
SUCH degeneracy could not show itself in the king without danger to
his pe...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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THE KINGDOM PROMISED TO HIS SERVANT
1 Kings 11:26
The opening Chapter s of Jeroboam's life were very promising. He
sprang from the ranks of the toilers, but his business talent
attracted the notice o...
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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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(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
v...
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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 THIS WAS THE CAUSE THAT HE LIFTED UP HIS HAND AGAINST THE
KING,.... The occasion of it, his being advanced to some posts under
Solomon, which elated him, and what passed between him and the prophe...
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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.
Ver. 27. _And this was the cause that he lift...
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_Even he lifted up his hand against the king_ Probably made some
secret attempts to raise a dissatisfaction against Solomon; for we do
not read of any open attempt. _And this was the cause_, &c. This...
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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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And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, the citadel or fortress of Jerusalem,
particularly of the upper city, AND REPAIRED THE BREACHES OF THE CITY
OF...
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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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REPAIRED:
_ Heb._ closed...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 11:27 caused H1697 rebel H7311 (H8689) H3027 king H4428
Solomon H8010 built H1129 (H8804) Millo...
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JEROBOAM THE REBEL (1 KINGS 11:26).
Because Solomon had not responded to YHWH's chastening and had
grievously sinned YHWH, now raised up one who was to be given the
large part of Solomon's kingdom. H...
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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 h...
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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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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:26 Solomon’s most significant enemy was
JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT. He was the former superintendent of the
FORCED LABOR OF THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, those who had been helping wi...
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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
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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 fo...