1 Kings 11:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

When solomon

His wives

His heart

General references

Exodus 34:16

Judges 3:6

Bible References

When solomon

And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

And Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was king for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

His wives

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.

And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

His heart

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.

This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

General references

Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.