1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 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 gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For 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. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. 7 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. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
9 ¶ And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 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. 12 Notwithstanding 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. 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.
14 ¶ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: 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.
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.
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. 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:) 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. 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. 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. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 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.
1 rex autem Salomon amavit mulieres alienigenas
multas
filiam quoque Pharaonis et Moabitidas et Ammanitidas
Idumeas et Sidonias et Chettheas
2 de gentibus super quibus dixit Dominus filiis Israhel
non ingrediemini ad eas neque de illis ingredientur ad vestras
certissimo enim avertent corda vestra
ut sequamini deos earum
his itaque copulatus est Salomon ardentissimo amore
3 fueruntque ei uxores quasi reginae septingentae
et concubinae trecentae
et averterunt mulieres cor eius
4 cumque iam esset senex
depravatum est per mulieres cor eius
ut sequeretur deos alienos
nec erat cor eius perfectum cum Domino Deo suo
sicut cor David patris eius
5 sed colebat Salomon Astharthen deam Sidoniorum
et Moloch idolum Ammanitarum
6 fecitque Salomon quod non placuerat coram Domino
et non adimplevit ut sequeretur Dominum sicut pater eius
7 tunc aedificavit Salomon fanum Chamos idolo Moab
in monte qui est contra Hierusalem
et Moloch idolo filiorum Ammon
8 atque in hunc modum fecit universis uxoribus suis alienigenis
quae adolebant tura et immolabant diis suis
9 igitur iratus est Dominus Salomoni
quod aversa esset mens eius a Domino Deo Israhel
qui apparuerat ei secundo
10 et praeceperat de verbo hoc ne sequeretur deos alienos
et non custodivit quae mandavit ei Dominus
11 dixit itaque Dominus Salomoni
quia habuisti hoc apud te
et non custodisti pactum meum et praecepta mea quae mandavi tibi
disrumpens scindam regnum tuum et dabo illud servo tuo
12 verumtamen in diebus tuis non faciam propter David patrem tuum
de manu filii tui scindam illud
13 nec totum regnum auferam
sed tribum unam dabo filio tuo propter David servum meum
et Hierusalem quam elegi
14 suscitavit autem Dominus adversarium Salomoni
Adad Idumeum de semine regio qui erat in Edom
15 cum enim esset David in Idumea
et ascendisset Ioab princeps militiae
ad sepeliendos eos qui fuerant interfecti
et occidisset omne masculinum in Idumea
16 sex enim mensibus ibi moratus est Ioab et omnis Israhel
donec interimerent omne
masculinum in Idumea
17 fugit Adad ipse et viri idumei de servis patris eius cum eo
ut ingrederetur Aegyptum
erat autem Adad puer parvulus
18 cumque surrexissent de Madian venerunt in Pharan
tuleruntque secum viros de Pharan
et introierunt Aegyptum ad Pharaonem regem Aegypti
qui dedit ei domum et cibos constituit et terram delegavit
19 et invenit Adad gratiam coram Pharao valde
in tantum ut daret ei uxorem sororem uxoris suae germanam Tafnes reginae
20 genuitque ei soror Tafnes Genebath filium
et nutrivit eum Tafnes in domo Pharaonis
eratque Genebath habitans apud Pharaonem cum filiis eius
21 cumque audisset Adad in Aegypto
dormisse David cum patribus suis
et mortuum esse Ioab principem militiae
dixit Pharaoni dimitte me ut vadam in terram meam
22 dixitque ei Pharao
qua enim re apud me indiges ut quaeras ire ad terram tuam
at ille respondit nulla sed obsecro ut dimittas me
23 suscitavit quoque ei Deus adversarium Razon filium Heliada
qui fugerat Adadezer regem Soba dominum suum
24 et congregavit contra eum viros
et factus est princeps latronum cum interficeret eos David
abieruntque Damascum et habitaverunt ibi
et constituerunt eum regem in Damasco
25 eratque adversarius Israhel cunctis diebus Salomonis
et hoc est malum Adad et odium contra Israhel
regnavitque in Syria
26 Hieroboam quoque filius Nabath Ephratheus de Sareda
cuius mater erat nomine Sarva mulier vidua
servus Salomonis
levavit manum contra regem
27 et haec causa rebellionis adversus eum
quia Salomon aedificavit Mello
et coaequavit voraginem civitatis David patris sui
28 erat autem Hieroboam vir fortis et potens
vidensque Salomon adulescentem bonae indolis et industrium
constituerat eum praefectum super tributa universae domus Ioseph
29 factum est igitur in tempore illo
ut Hieroboam egrederetur de Hierusalem
et inveniret eum Ahias Silonites propheta in via opertus pallio novo
erant autem duo tantum in agro
30 adprehendensque Ahia pallium suum novum quo
opertus erat
scidit in duodecim partes
31 et ait ad Hieroboam tolle tibi decem scissuras
haec enim dicit Dominus Deus Israhel
ecce ego scindam regnum de manu Salomonis
et dabo tibi decem tribus
32 porro una tribus remanebit ei
propter servum meum David et Hierusalem civitatem
quam elegi ex omnibus tribubus Israhel
33 eo quod dereliquerint me
et adoraverint Astharoth deam Sidoniorum
et Chamos deum Moab
et Melchom deum filiorum Ammon
et non ambulaverint in viis meis
ut facerent iustitiam coram me et praecepta mea et
iudicia
sicut David pater eius
34 nec auferam omne regnum de manu eius
sed ducem ponam eum cunctis diebus vitae suae
propter David servum meum quem elegi
qui custodivit mandata mea et praecepta mea
35 auferam autem regnum de manu filii eius
et dabo tibi decem tribus
36 filio autem eius dabo tribum unam
ut remaneat lucerna David servo meo cunctis diebus coram me
in Hierusalem civitatem quam elegi ut esset nomen meum ibi
37 te autem adsumam et regnabis super omnia quae desiderat anima tua
erisque rex super Israhel
38 si igitur audieris omnia quae praecepero tibi
et ambulaveris in viis meis
et feceris quod rectum est coram me
custodiens mandata mea et praecepta mea
sicut fecit David servus meus
ero tecum et aedificabo tibi domum fidelem
quomodo aedificavi David
et tradam tibi Israhel
39 et adfligam semen David super hoc
verumtamen non cunctis diebus
40 voluit ergo Salomon interficere Hieroboam
qui surrexit et aufugit in Aegyptum ad Susac regem Aegypti
et fuit in Aegypto usque ad mortem Salomonis
41 reliquum autem verborum Salomonis
et omnia quae fecit et sapientia eius
ecce universa scripta sunt in libro verborum Salomonis
42 dies autem quos regnavit Salomon in Hierusalem super omnem Israhel
quadraginta anni sunt
43 dormivitque Salomon cum patribus suis
et sepultus est in civitate David patris sui
regnavitque Roboam filius eius pro eo