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First Book of Kings, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11 of 1 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And King Solʹo·mon himself loved many foreign wives1 along with the daughter of Pharʹaoh,2 Moʹab·ite,3 Amʹmon·ite,4 Eʹdom·ite,5 Si·doʹni·an6 [and] Hitʹtite7 women,
  2. from the nations of whom Jehovah had said to the sons of Israel: “YOU must not go in among them,8 and they themselves should not come in among YOU; truly they will incline YOUR heart to follow their gods.”9 It was to them that Solʹo·mon clung10 to love [them].
  3. And he came to have seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives gradually11 inclined his heart.
  4. And it came about in the time of Solʹo·mon’s growing old12 that his wives themselves had inclined13 his heart to follow other gods;14 and his heart did not prove to be complete15 with Jehovah his God like the heart of David his father.
  5. And Solʹo·mon began going after Ashʹto·reth16 the goddess[a] of the Si·doʹni·ans and after Milʹcom17 the disgusting thing of the Amʹmon·ites.
  6. And Solʹo·mon began to do what was bad18 in the eyes of Jehovah, and he did not follow Jehovah fully like David his father.19
  7. ¶ It was then that Solʹo·mon proceeded to build a high place20 to Cheʹmosh21 the disgusting22 thing of Moʹab on the mountain23 that was in front24 of Jerusalem, and to Moʹlech the disgusting thing of the sons of Amʹmon.
  8. And that was the way he did for all his foreign wives25 who were making sacrificial smoke and sacrificing to their gods.26
  9. ¶ And Jehovah came to be incensed27 at Solʹo·mon, because his heart had inclined away from Jehovah the God of Israel,28 the one appearing to him twice.29
  10. And respecting this thing he commanded him not to go after other gods;30 but he had not kept that which Jehovah had commanded.
  11. Jehovah now said to Solʹo·mon: “For the reason that this has taken place with you and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I laid in command upon you, I shall without fail rip the kingdom away from off you, and I shall certainly give it to your servant.31
  12. However, in your days I shall not do it,32 for the sake of David your father.33 Out of the hand of your son I shall rip it away.34
  13. Only it will not be all the kingdom that I shall rip away.35 One tribe I shall give to your son, for the sake of David my servant36 and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”37
  14. ¶ And Jehovah began to raise up a resister[b]38 to Solʹo·mon,39 namely, Haʹdad the Eʹdom·ite of the offspring of the king. He was in Eʹdom.40
  15. And it came about when David struck down Eʹdom,[c]41 when Joʹab the chief of the army came up to bury those slain, that he tried to strike down every male in Eʹdom.42
  16. (For it was six months that Joʹab and all Israel dwelt there until he had cut off every male in Eʹdom.)
  17. And Haʹdad went running away, he and some Eʹdom·ite men of the servants of his father with him, to come into Egypt, while Haʹdad was a young[d] boy.
  18. So they rose up out of Midʹi·an43 and came into Paʹran and took men with them from Paʹran44 and came into Egypt to Pharʹaoh the king of Egypt, who then gave him a house. Also, bread he assigned to him, and land he gave him.
  19. And Haʹdad continued to find favor45 in the eyes of Pharʹaoh, so much that he gave him a wife,46 the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahʹpe·nes the lady.
  20. In time the sister of Tahʹpe·nes bore him Ge·nuʹbath his son, and Tahʹpe·nes got to wean47 him right inside the house of Pharʹaoh; and Ge·nuʹbath continued at the house of Pharʹaoh right among the sons of Pharʹaoh.
  21. ¶ And Haʹdad himself heard in Egypt that David had lain down with his forefathers48 and that Joʹab the chief of the army had died.49 So Haʹdad said to Pharʹaoh: “Send me away,50 that I may go to my own land.”
  22. But Pharʹaoh said to him: “What are you in need of while with me that here you are seeking to go to your own land?” To this he said: “Nothing; but you ought to send me away without fail.”
  23. ¶ And God proceeded to raise up to him another resister,51 namely, Reʹzon the son of E·liʹa·da, who had run away from Had·ad·eʹzer52 the king of Zoʹbah53 his lord.[e]
  24. And he kept collecting men to his side and came to be chief of a marauder band, when David killed them.[f]54 So they went to Damascus55 and took up dwelling in it and began reigning in Damascus.
  25. And he came to be a resister of Israel all the days of Solʹo·mon,56 and that along with the injury that Haʹdad did; and he had an abhorrence57 of Israel while he continued reigning over Syria.
  26. ¶ And there was Jer·o·boʹam58 the son of Neʹbat an Eʹphra·im·ite from Zerʹe·dah, a servant of Solʹo·mon,59 and his mother’s name was Ze·ruʹah, a widowed woman. He too began to lift up his hand against the king.60
  27. And this is the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solʹo·mon himself had built the Mound.[g]61 He had closed up the gap of the City of David his father.62
  28. Now the man Jer·o·boʹam was a valiant, mighty man.63 When Solʹo·mon got to see that the young man was a hard worker,64 he proceeded to make him overseer[h]65 over all the compulsory service66 of the house of Joseph.67
  29. And it came about at that particular time that Jer·o·boʹam himself went out from Jerusalem, and A·hiʹjah68 the Shiʹlo·nite69 the prophet got to find him on the road, and [A·hiʹjah][i] was covering himself with a new garment; and the two of them were by themselves in the field.
  30. A·hiʹjah now took hold of the new garment that was on him and ripped70 it into twelve71 pieces.
  31. And he went on to say to Jer·o·boʹam:
    ¶ “Take for yourself ten pieces; for this is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said, ‘Here I am ripping the kingdom out of the hand of Solʹo·mon, and I shall certainly give you ten tribes.72
  32. And the one tribe73 is what will continue his for the sake of my servant David74 and for the sake of Jerusalem,75 the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
  33. The reason why is that they have left me76 and begun to bow down to Ashʹto·reth77 the goddess[j] of the Si·doʹni·ans, to Cheʹmosh78 the god[k] of Moʹab and to Milʹcom79 the god of the sons of Amʹmon; and they have not walked in my ways by doing what is right in my eyes and my statutes and my judicial decisions like David his father.
  34. But I shall not take the entire kingdom out of his hand, because a chieftain[l] I shall set him for all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose,80 because he kept my commandments and my statutes.
  35. And I shall certainly take the kingship out of the hand of his son and give it to you, even ten tribes.81
  36. And to his son I shall give one tribe, in order that David my servant may continue having a lamp always before me in Jerusalem,82 the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there.83
  37. And you are the one that I shall take, and you will indeed reign over all that your soul craves,84 and you will certainly become king over Israel.
  38. And it must occur that, if you obey all that I shall command you, and you do walk in my ways and actually do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, just as David my servant did,85 I will also prove to be with you,86 and I will build you a lasting house, just as I have built for David,87 and I will give you Israel.
  39. And I shall humiliate the offspring of David on account of this,88 only not always.’”89
  40. ¶ And Solʹo·mon began seeking to put Jer·o·boʹam to death.90 So Jer·o·boʹam got up and went running91 off to Egypt to Shiʹshak92 the king of Egypt, and he continued in Egypt until Solʹo·mon’s death.
  41. ¶ As for the rest of the affairs of Solʹo·mon and all that he did and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the affairs of Solʹo·mon?
  42. And the days that Solʹo·mon had reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.93
  43. Then Solʹo·mon lay down with his forefathers,94 and was buried in the City of David95 his father; and Re·ho·boʹam96 his son began to reign in place of him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Goddess of.” Heb., ʼelo·hehʹ, pl. of ʼelohʹah, to denote excellence. Masc., but here applied to a female deity.
  2. ^ “A resister.” Heb. and Gr., sa·tanʹ; Syr., sa·ta·naʼ, “the resister”; Vg, “adversary.”
  3. ^ “When David struck down Edom,” by a slight emendation to agree with LXXSy; M, “when David happened to be with Edom.”
  4. ^ Lit., “little.”
  5. ^ “His lord.” Heb., ʼadho·navʹ, pl. of ʼa·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence.
  6. ^ “Them,” M; by correcting one Heb. consonant, “Syria.”
  7. ^ “The Mound.” Heb., ham·mil·lohʼʹ. See 9:15 ftn.
  8. ^ “He proceeded to make him overseer.” Heb., wai·yaph·qedhʹ ʼo·thohʹ.
  9. ^ “Ahijah,” LXXSy; MVg, “he.”
  10. ^ See vs 5 ftn.
  11. ^ “The god of.” Heb., ʼelo·hehʹ, pl. of ʼelohʹah, applied to a pagan deity. Compare Jg 16:23 ftn.
  12. ^ Or, “nasi.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ De 17:17; Ne 13:26
  2. ^ 1Ki 3:1
  3. ^ Ge 19:37; Ru 4:10
  4. ^ 1Ki 14:21
  5. ^ De 23:7
  6. ^ 1Ki 16:31
  7. ^ Ge 26:34
  8. ^ De 7:3
  9. ^ Ex 34:16; Jos 23:12; Ezr 9:12; 10:2; 2Co 6:14
  10. ^ Ge 34:3
  11. ^ Pr 28:14; Je 18:12; Heb 3:12
  12. ^ 1Ki 11:42
  13. ^ De 7:4; 17:17; Ne 13:26
  14. ^ De 31:16; 32:21; 1Co 8:4
  15. ^ Re 2:4
  16. ^ Jg 2:13; 1Sa 12:10
  17. ^ Le 18:21; 2Ki 23:13
  18. ^ 2Sa 7:14
  19. ^ 1Ki 15:5
  20. ^ Le 26:30; Nu 33:52; 2Ki 21:3
  21. ^ Nu 21:29; Je 48:13
  22. ^ De 13:14; 27:15; Re 17:4
  23. ^ 2Ki 23:13; Mt 26:30; Ac 1:12
  24. ^ Eze 11:23
  25. ^ Ne 13:26
  26. ^ Je 1:16; 7:18
  27. ^ Ps 90:7
  28. ^ De 7:4; Pr 4:23; Heb 3:12
  29. ^ 1Ki 3:5; 9:2
  30. ^ 1Ki 6:12; 2Ch 7:19
  31. ^ 2Ki 17:21
  32. ^ 1Ki 21:29
  33. ^ Ps 89:35
  34. ^ 2Ch 10:18
  35. ^ 2Sa 7:15; 1Ch 17:13; Ps 89:33
  36. ^ 1Ki 12:20; 2Ch 11:1
  37. ^ De 12:11; 1Ki 11:32; Is 60:14
  38. ^ Ge 27:40; 1Sa 29:4; 1Ki 5:4
  39. ^ De 31:17; 2Sa 7:14
  40. ^ 2Sa 8:14; 1Ch 18:12; Ps 60:superscription
  41. ^ 2Sa 8:13
  42. ^ De 20:13
  43. ^ Ge 25:2
  44. ^ Ge 21:21; Nu 10:12; De 33:2
  45. ^ Ge 39:4
  46. ^ Ge 41:45
  47. ^ Ge 21:8; 1Sa 1:23
  48. ^ 1Ki 2:10
  49. ^ 1Ki 2:34
  50. ^ Ge 24:56; 30:25; Ex 5:1
  51. ^ 1Sa 26:19; 2Sa 24:1; 1Ki 11:14; 1Ch 5:26
  52. ^ 2Sa 8:3
  53. ^ 2Sa 10:8; 1Ch 19:6
  54. ^ 2Sa 10:18
  55. ^ Ge 14:15; 1Ki 19:15; 20:34; Is 7:8; Ac 9:2
  56. ^ 1Ki 5:4
  57. ^ Ge 34:30; Ps 68:1
  58. ^ 1Ki 11:31; 12:2, 32; 14:10; 2Ch 11:14; 13:3, 20
  59. ^ 1Ki 9:22; 2Ch 13:6
  60. ^ Pr 30:32
  61. ^ 1Ki 9:15, 24
  62. ^ 2Sa 5:7
  63. ^ 1Sa 14:52
  64. ^ Pr 22:29; Ro 12:11
  65. ^ 1Ki 5:16; Pr 12:24
  66. ^ 2Ki 25:12; Je 39:10
  67. ^ Jg 1:22; 2Sa 19:20; Am 5:6
  68. ^ 1Ki 12:15; 14:2; 2Ch 9:29
  69. ^ Jos 18:1
  70. ^ 1Sa 15:27
  71. ^ Ge 49:28; Ex 24:4
  72. ^ 1Ki 12:16
  73. ^ 2Ch 11:1
  74. ^ Ge 49:10; 1Ki 6:12; 12:20
  75. ^ De 12:5; 1Ki 11:13; 2Ki 21:4; 23:27; Ps 132:13
  76. ^ De 28:15; 2Ch 15:2
  77. ^ Jg 2:13; 10:6; 1Sa 7:3
  78. ^ Nu 21:29; Je 48:13
  79. ^ Le 18:21; 20:2; Zp 1:5; Ac 7:43
  80. ^ 1Ki 9:4; 11:4; Ps 89:49; 132:17; Is 9:7
  81. ^ 1Ki 12:20; 2Ch 10:16
  82. ^ 2Sa 7:29; 14:7; 1Ki 15:4; 2Ki 8:19; Lu 1:69; Ac 15:16
  83. ^ 1Ki 11:32
  84. ^ 2Sa 3:21
  85. ^ 1Ki 3:14; 15:5
  86. ^ Jos 1:5
  87. ^ 2Sa 7:11; 1Ch 17:10; Ps 89:33
  88. ^ 1Ki 12:16; 14:8
  89. ^ Ge 49:10; Is 11:1; Lu 1:32
  90. ^ Pr 19:21; 21:30
  91. ^ 2Ch 10:2
  92. ^ 1Ki 14:25; 2Ch 12:2
  93. ^ 2Ch 9:30
  94. ^ 1Ki 1:21; 2Ch 9:31
  95. ^ 1Ki 2:10; 2Ch 21:20
  96. ^ 1Ch 3:10; 2Ch 13:7; Mt 1:7

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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