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But king Solomon gave his heart to many women of alien birth, not only to Pharao’s daughter, but to Moabites and Ammonites, Edomites and Sidonians and Hethites. (1 Kings 11, 1)
It was from Madian they began their journey, and when they reached Pharan they found adherents there; with these, they made their way into Egypt and had recourse to king Pharao, who gave Adad a house of his own, with an allowance of food and lands to cultivate. (1 Kings 11, 18)
Great favour Adad won with king Pharao, who gave him his own sister-in-law, the sister of queen Taphnes, for his wife; (1 Kings 11, 19)
(Meanwhile, God gave Solomon another enemy to contend with, Razon, son of Eliada, that ran away from his master, Adarezer king of Soba, (1 Kings 11, 23)
and levied war on him. When David conquered Soba, Razon became leader of a robber band, that went and settled in Damascus, where they made him king; (1 Kings 11, 24)
There was a servant, too, of king Solomon’s that turned against him, Jeroboam son of Nabat, an Ephraimite that lived at Sareda with his widowed mother, Sarva. (1 Kings 11, 26)
this Jeroboam was a warrior at the height of his strength, and Solomon marked him out for a young man gifted and active, so he put him in charge of the labour that was exacted from the northern tribes.✻ (1 Kings 11, 28)
And now, as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, he met the prophet Ahias, of Silo, that was clad in a new cloak, out in the open country, where none else was by. (1 Kings 11, 29)
bade Jeroboam take ten of them; This message, said he, the Lord God of Israel sends thee, I mean to wrest the kingship from the power of Solomon, and make over ten tribes to thee. (1 Kings 11, 31)
On thee my choice shall fall; thou shalt have power to thy heart’s content, the king of Israel. (1 Kings 11, 37)
Solomon would fain have put Jeroboam to death, but he was up and gone; he took refuge with Sesac king of Egypt, and remained there till Solomon’s death. (1 Kings 11, 40)
As for the rest of Solomon’s life and doings, and the stories told of his wisdom, they are all to be found in the Annals of king Solomon. (1 Kings 11, 41)
