I Kings 11

vehammelekh shelomoh ahav nashim nokhriyyot rabbot ve'et-bat-paroh mo'aviyyot ammoniyyot adomiyyot tsedeniyyot khittiyyot

King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Phoenician, and Hittite women,

min-haggoyim asher amar-Adonai el-bene yisra'el lo-tavo'u vahem vehem lo-yavo'u vakhem akhen yattu et-levavkhem akhare elohehem bahem davaq shelomoh le'ahavah

from the nations of which GOD had said to the Israelites, “None of you shall join them and none of them shall join you, lest they turn your heart away to follow their gods.” Such Solomon clung to and loved.

vayehi-lo nashim sarot sheva me'ot ufilagshim shelosh me'ot vayyattu nashayw et-libbo

He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away.

vayehi le'et ziqnat shelomoh nashayw hittu et-levavo akhare elohim akherim velo-hayah levavo shalem im-Adonai elohayw kilvav david aviv

In his old age, his wives turned away Solomon’s heart after other gods, and he was not as wholeheartedly devoted to the ETERNAL his God as his father David had been.

vayyelekh shelomoh akhare ashtoret elohe tsidonim ve'akhare milkom shiqquts ammonim

Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Phoenicians, and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

vayya'as shelomoh hara be'ene Adonai velo mille akhare Adonai kedavid aviv

Solomon did what was displeasing to GOD and did not remain loyal to GOD like his father David.

az yivneh shelomoh bamah likhmosh shiqquts mo'av bahar asher al-pene yerushalai͏m ulemolekh shiqquts bene ammon

At that time, Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh the abomination of Moab on the hill near Jerusalem, and one for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.

vekhen asah lekhol-nashayw hannokhriyyot maqtirot umezabbekhot lelohehen

And he did the same for all his foreign wives who offered and sacrificed to their gods.

vayyitannaf Adonai bishlomoh ki-natah levavo me'im Adonai elohe yisra'el hannirah elayw pa'amayim

GOD was angry with Solomon, because his heart turned away from the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice

vetsivvah elayw al-haddavar hazzeh levilti-lekhet akhare elohim akherim velo shamar et asher-tsivvah Adonai

and had commanded him about this matter, not to follow other gods; he did not obey what GOD had commanded.

vayyomer Adonai lishlomoh ya'an asher hayetah-zzot immakh velo shamarta beriti vekhuqqotay asher tsivviti alekha qaroa eqra et-hammamlakhah me'alekha unetattiha le'avdekha

And GOD said to Solomon, “Because you are guilty of this—you have not kept My covenant and the laws that I enjoined upon you—I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your servants.

akh-beyamekha lo e'esennah lema'an david avikha miyyad binkha eqra'ennah

But, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it away from your son.

raq et-kol-hammamlakhah lo eqra shevet ekhad etten livnekha lema'an david avdi ulema'an yerushalai͏m asher bakhareti

However, I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give your son one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”

vayyaqem Adonai satan lishlomoh et hadad ha'adomi mizzera hammelekh hu be'edom

So GOD raised up an adversary against Solomon, the Edomite Hadad, who was of the royal family of Edom.

vayehi bihyot david et-edom ba'alot yo'av sar hatsava leqabber et-hakhalalim vayyakh kol-zakhar be'edom

When David was in Edom, Joab the army commander went up to bury the slain, and he killed every male in Edom;

ki sheshet khodashim yashav-sham yo'av vekhol-yisra'el ad-hikhrit kol-zakhar be'edom

for Joab and all Israel stayed there for six months until he had killed off every male in Edom.

vayyivrakh adad hu va'anashim adomiyyim me'avde aviv itto lavo mitsrayim vahadad na'ar qatan

But Hadad, together with some Edomites, servants of his father, escaped and headed for Egypt; Hadad was then a young boy.

vayyaqumu mimmidyan vayyavo'u paran vayyiqkhu anashim immam mipparan vayyavo'u mitsrayim el-paroh melekh-mitsrayim vayyitten-lo vayit velekhem amar lo ve'erets natan lo

Setting out from Midian, they came to Paran and took others from Paran along with them. Thus they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, assigned a food allowance to him, and granted him an estate.

vayyimtsa hadad khen be'ene faroh me'od vayyitten-lo isha et-akhot ishto akhot takhpenes haggevirah

Pharaoh took a great liking to Hadad and gave him his sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, as wife.

vatteled lo akhot takhpenes et genuvat beno vattigmelehu takhpenes betokh bet paroh vayehi genuvat bet paroh betokh bene faroh

The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son, Genubath. Tahpenes weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath remained in Pharaoh’s palace among the sons of Pharaoh.

vahadad shama bemitsrayim ki-shakhav david im-avotayw vekhi-met yo'av sar-hatsava vayyomer hadad el-paroh shallekheni ve'elekh el-artsi

When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had been laid to rest with his ancestors and that Joab the army commander was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Give me leave to go to my own country.”

vayyomer lo faroh ki mah-attah khaser immi vehinnekha mevaqqesh lalekhet el-artsekha vayyomer lo ki shalleakh teshallekheni

Pharaoh replied, “What do you lack with me, that you want to go to your own country?” But he said, “Nevertheless, give me leave to go.”

vayyaqem elohim lo satan et-rezon ben-elyada asher barakh me'et hadadezer melekh-tsovah adonayw

Another adversary that God raised up against Solomon was Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord, King Hadadezer of Zobah,

vayyiqbots alayw anashim vayehi sar-gedud baharog david otam vayyelekhu dammeseq vayyeshevu vah vayyimlekhu bedammaseq

when David was slaughtering them. He gathered some men and became captain over a troop; they went to Damascus and settled there, and they established a kingdom in Damascus.

vayehi satan leyisra'el kol-yeme shelomoh ve'et-hara'ah asher hadad vayyaqats beyisra'el vayyimlokh al-aram

He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble [caused by] Hadad; he repudiated [the authority of] Israel and reigned over Aram.

veyarovam ben-nevat efrati min-hatseredah veshem immo tseru'ah isha almanah eved lishlomoh vayyarem yad bammelekh

Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, the son of a widow whose name was Zeruah, was in Solomon’s service; he raised his hand against the king.

vezeh haddavar asher-herim yad bammelekh shelomoh banah et-hammillo sagar et-perets ir david aviv

The circumstances under which he raised his hand against the king were as follows: Solomon built the Millo and repaired the breach of the city of his father, David.

veha'ish yarovam gibbor khayil vayyar shelomoh et-hanna'ar ki-oseh melakhah hu vayyafqed oto lekhol-sevel bet yosef

This man Jeroboam was very capable, and when Solomon saw that the young man was a productive worker, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the House of Joseph.

vayehi ba'et hahi veyarovam yatsa mirushalai͏m vayyimtsa oto akhiyyah hashiloni hannavi badderekh vehu mitkasseh besalmah khadashah ushenehem levaddam bassadeh

During that time Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem and the prophet Ahijah of Shiloh met him on the way. He had put on a new robe; and when the two were alone in the open country,

vayyitpos akhiyyah bassalmah hakhadashah asher alayw vayyiqra'eha shenem asar qera'im

Ahijah took hold of the new robe he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.

vayyomer leyarovam qakh-lekha asarah qera'im ki khoh amar Adonai elohe yisra'el hinni qorea et-hammamlakhah miyyad shelomoh venatatti lekha et asarah hashevatim

“Take ten pieces,” he said to Jeroboam. “For thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hands, and I will give you ten tribes.

vehashevet ha'ekhad yihyeh-llo lema'an avdi david ulema'an yerushalai͏m ha'ir asher bakharti vah mikkol shivte yisra'el

But one tribe shall remain his—for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

ya'an asher azavuni vayyishtakhavu le'ashtoret elohe tsidonin likhmosh elohe mo'av ulemilkom elohe vene-ammon velo-halekhu vidrakhay la'asot hayyashar be'enay vekhuqqotay umishpatay kedavid aviv

For they have forsaken Me; they have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Phoenicians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites; they have not walked in My ways, or done what is pleasing to Me, or [kept] My laws and rules, as his father David did.

velo-eqqakh et-kol-hammamlakhah miyyado ki nasi ashitennu kol yeme khayyayw lema'an david avdi asher bakharti oto asher shamar mitsvotay vekhuqqotay

However, I will not take the entire kingdom away from him, but will keep him as ruler as long as he lives for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, and who kept My commandments and My laws.

velaqakhti hammelukhah miyyad beno unetattiha lekha et aseret hashevatim

But I will take the kingship out of the hands of his son and give it to you—the ten tribes.

velivno etten shevet-ekhad lema'an heyot-nir ledavid-avdi kol-hayyamim lefanay birushalai͏m ha'ir asher bakharti li lasum shemi sham

To his son I will give one tribe, so that there may be a lamp for My servant David forever before Me in Jerusalem—the city where I have chosen to establish My name.

ve'otekha eqqakh umalakhta bekhol asher-te'avveh nafshekha vehayita melekh al-yisra'el

But you have been chosen by Me; reign wherever you wish, and you shall be king over Israel.

vehayah im-tishma et-kol-asher atsavvekha vehalakhta vidrakhay ve'asita hayyashar be'enay lishmor khuqqotay umitsvotay ka'asher asah david avdi vehayiti immakh uvaniti lekha vayit-ne'eman ka'asher baniti ledavid venatatti lekha et-yisra'el

If you heed all that I command you, and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, keeping My laws and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you and I will build for you a lasting dynasty as I did for David. I hereby give Israel to you;

vaanneh et-zera david lema'an zot akh lo khol-hayyamim

and I will chastise David’s descendants for that [sin], though not forever.”

vayevaqqesh shelomoh lehamit et-yarovam vayyaqom yarovam vayyivrakh mitsrayim el-shishaq melekh-mitsrayim vayehi vemitsrayim ad-mot shelomoh

Solomon sought to put Jeroboam to death, but Jeroboam promptly fled to King Shishak of Egypt; and he remained in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

veyeter divre shelomoh vekhol-asher asah vekhokhmato halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre shelomoh

The other events of Solomon’s reign, and all his actions and his wisdom, are recorded in the book of the Annals of Solomon.

vehayyamim asher malakh shelomoh virushalai͏m al-kol-yisra'el arba'im shanah

The length of Solomon’s reign in Jerusalem, over all Israel, was forty years.

vayyishkav shelomoh im-avotayw vayyiqqaver be'ir david aviv vayyimlokh rekhavam beno takhtayw

Solomon rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.