Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
3 Kings (1 Kings) Chapter 11
Overview
Kg1 11:1, Solomon's wives and concubines; Kg1 11:4, In his old age they draw him to idolatry; Kg1 11:9, God threatens him; Kg1 11:14, Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt; Kg1 11:23, Rezon, who reigned in Damascus; Kg1 11:26, and Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied; Kg1 11:41, Solomon's acts, reign, and death. Rehoboam succeeds him.
am 3020-3029, bc 984-975
loved: Kg1 11:8; Gen 6:2-5; Deu 17:17; Neh 13:23-27; Pro 2:16, Pro 5:8-20, Pro 6:24, Pro 7:5; Pro 22:14, Pro 23:33
together with: or, beside, Kg1 3:1; Lev 18:18
Ye shall not go in: Exo 23:32, Exo 23:33, Exo 34:16; Deu 7:3, Deu 7:4; Jos 23:12, Jos 23:13; Ezr 9:12, 10:2-17; Mal 2:11
surely: Kg1 16:31-33; Num 25:1-3; Jdg 3:6, Jdg 3:7; Ch2 21:6; Co2 6:14-16
Solomon: Gen 2:24, Gen 34:3; Judg. 16:4-21; Ch2 19:2; Psa 139:21; Rom 1:32, Rom 12:9; Co1 15:33; Rev 2:4
seven hundred: Jdg 8:30, Jdg 8:31, Jdg 9:5; Sa2 3:2-5, Sa2 5:13-16; Ch2 11:21; Ecc 7:28
when Solomon: Kg1 11:42, Kg1 6:1, Kg1 9:10, Kg1 14:21
his wives: Kg1 11:2; Deu 7:4, Deu 17:17; Neh 13:26, Neh 13:27
his heart: Kg1 11:6, Kg1 11:38, Kg1 6:12, Kg1 6:13, Kg1 8:61, Kg1 9:4, Kg1 15:3, Kg1 15:14; Kg2 20:3; Ch1 28:9, Ch1 29:19; Ch2 17:3, Ch2 25:2, Ch2 31:20, Ch2 31:21, Ch2 34:2
Ashtoreth: Kg1 11:33; Jdg 2:13, Jdg 10:6; Sa1 7:3, Sa1 7:4, Sa1 12:10; Kg2 23:13; Jer 2:10-13
Milcom: Kg1 11:7; Lev 18:21, Lev 20:2-5, Molech, Zep 1:5, Malcham
went not fully after: Heb. fulfilled not after, Num 14:24; Jos 14:8, Jos 14:14 *Heb:
build an high: Lev 26:30; Num 33:52; Kg2 21:2, Kg2 21:3, Kg2 23:13, Kg2 23:14; Psa 78:58; Eze 20:28, Eze 20:29
Chemosh: Num 21:29; Jdg 11:24; Jer 48:13
abomination: Deu 13:14, Deu 17:3, Deu 17:4, Deu 27:15; Isa 44:19; Eze 18:12; Dan 11:31, Dan 12:11; Rev 17:4, Rev 17:5
the hill: This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would be behind it; for the very term used to denote the east, kedem, means before, while acharon, behind, sometimes signifies the west. Gen 33:2; Sa2 15:30; Kg2 23:13; Zac 14:4; Mat 26:30; Act 1:9, Act 1:12
all his strange wives: Kg1 11:1; Eze 16:22-29; Hos 4:11, Hos 4:12; Co1 10:11, Co1 10:12, Co1 10:20-22
angry: Exo 4:14; Num 12:9; Deu 3:26, Deu 9:8, Deu 9:20; Sa2 6:7, Sa2 11:27; Ch1 21:7; Psa 78:58-60, Psa 90:7, Psa 90:8
his heart: Kg1 11:2, Kg1 11:3; Deu 7:4; Pro 4:23; Isa 29:13, Isa 29:14; Hos 4:11; Ti2 4:10
which had appeared: Kg1 3:5, Kg1 9:2
commanded: Kg1 6:12, Kg1 6:13, Kg1 9:4-7; Ch2 7:17-22
is done of thee: Heb. is with thee
thou hast not: Isa 29:13, Isa 29:14
I will surely: Kg1 11:31, Kg1 12:15, Kg1 12:16, Kg1 12:20; Num 14:23, Num 14:35; Sa1 2:30-32, Sa1 13:13, Sa1 13:14, Sa1 15:26-28; Sa2 12:9-12
in thy days: Kg1 21:29; Kg2 20:17, Kg2 20:19, Kg2 22:19, Kg2 22:20
for David: Sa1 9:4, Sa1 9:5; Gen 12:2, Gen 19:29
I will rend it out: Exo 20:5
Howbeit: Kg1 11:39; Sa2 7:15, Sa2 7:16; Ch1 17:13, Ch1 17:14; Psa 89:33-37
one tribe: Kg1 11:35, Kg1 11:36, Kg1 12:20
for David: Kg1 11:11, Kg1 11:12, Kg1 11:32; Deu 9:5; Kg2 13:23, Kg2 19:34; Psa 89:49, Psa 132:1, Psa 132:17; Isa 9:7; Jer 33:17-26; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33
for Jerusalem's: Deu 12:5, Deu 12:11; Kg2 21:4, Kg2 23:27; Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Isa 14:32, Isa 62:1, Isa 62:7; Jer 33:15, Jer 33:16
the Lord: Kg1 12:15; Sa1 26:19; Sa2 24:1; Ch1 5:26; Isa 10:5, Isa 10:26, Isa 13:17
an adversary: Sa2 7:14; Psa 89:30-34
when David: Sa2 8:14; Ch1 18:12, Ch1 18:13; Psa 60:1 *title Psa 108:10
after he had: Gen 25:23, Gen 27:40; Num 24:18, Num 24:19; Deu 20:13; Mal 1:2, Mal 1:3
every male: Num 31:17
Hadad: Exo 2:1-10; Sa2 4:4; Kg2 11:2; Mat 2:13, Mat 2:14
a little child: Naar katon, rather, "a little boy:" one who was apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father's servants, make his escape.
Midian: Probably not the Midian east of the Red Sea, to which Moses fled (Exo 2:15, etc.) but the Midian east of the Dead Sea, and south of Moab. These Midianites, whose daughters seduced the Israelites to commit idolatry (Num 22:4, Num 22:7; Num 25:15; Num 31:2, etc.) were descendants of Midian, son of Abraham (Gen 25:2). Their capital city was called Midian, and its remains were to be seen in the time of Eusebius and Jerome. it was situated on the Arnon, south of the city Ar, or Areopolis. Gen 25:2, Gen 25:4; Num 22:4, Num 25:6, Num 25:14, Num 25:18
Paran: Probably the city of Paran, or the district around it, situated in the south of Idumea, and according to Eusebius, three days' journey east from Elah or Elath, at the head of the eastern branch, or Elamitic gulf of the Red Sea. Gen 14:6, Gen 21:21; Num 10:12; Deu 1:1, Deu 33:2; Hab 3:3
found: Gen 39:4, Gen 39:21; Act 7:10, Act 7:21
that he gave: Gen 41:45
Tahpenes: Jer 43:7-9
Hadad: Kg1 2:10, Kg1 2:34; Exo 4:19; Mat 2:20
Let me depart: Heb. Send me away, Gen 45:24; Jos 2:21; Sa1 9:26; Sa2 3:21
Nothing: Heb. Not
let me go: Sa2 18:22, Sa2 18:23; Psa 37:8; Mar 14:31
God: Kg1 11:14; Sa2 16:11; Ezr 1:1; Isa 13:17, Isa 37:26, Isa 45:5; Eze 38:16
Hadadezer: Sa2 8:3, Sa2 10:8, Sa2 10:15-18; Ch1 18:3-9, Ch1 19:6, Ch1 19:16-19, Hadarezer, Psa 60:1 *title
to Damascus: Kg1 19:15, Kg1 20:34; Gen 14:15; Act 9:2
in Damascus: Damascus, called also Damesk, but generally El Sham, by the Arabs, is situated in a delightful plain, well watered by the Barrada, at the eastern foot of Antilibanus, being surrounded by the hills in the form of a triumphal arch, 136 miles n of Jerusalem, 195 s of Antioch, and 276 ssw of Diarbekir. It is a city of the highest antiquity, being at least as ancient as the time of Abraham. it has been often captured, and several times demolished, but has always risen to splendour and dignity. The modern town is described by Maundrell as of a long, straight figure, it ends pointing nearly ne and sw It is very slender in the middle, but swells bigger at each end, especially at that to the ne According to Niebuhr, the walls are something less than a league and half in circumference; and the population is estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000.
all the days: Kg1 5:4; Ch2 15:2
abhorred: Gen 34:30; Deu 23:7; Sa2 16:21; Psa 106:40; Zac 11:8
Jeroboam: Kg1 11:11, Kg1 11:28, Kg1 12:2, Kg1 12:20-24, Kg1 13:1-10, Kg1 14:16, Kg1 15:30, Kg1 16:3, Kg1 21:22
an Ephrathite: Gen 35:16; Rut 1:2; Sa1 1:1, Sa1 17:12; Ch1 2:19
Solomon's servant: Kg1 9:22; Ch2 13:6
lifted up: Sa2 20:21; Pro 30:32; Isa 26:11
repaired: Heb. closed, Amo 9:11
the breaches: Neh 4:7; Psa 60:2; Isa 22:9; Eze 13:5
the city: Sa2 5:7
was industrious: Heb. did work, Pro 22:29
he made: Kg1 5:16
charge: Heb. burden, Deu 1:12; Isa 14:25; Mat 11:30
the house: Jos 18:5; Jdg 1:22, Jdg 1:23; Sa2 19:20; Amo 5:6; Zac 10:6
Ahijah: Kg1 12:15, Kg1 14:2; Ch2 9:29
Shilonite: Jos 18:1
and they two: Gen 4:8; Sa2 14:6
rent it: Sa1 15:27, Sa1 15:28, Sa1 24:4, Sa1 24:5
thus saith: Kg1 11:11, Kg1 11:12
he shall: Kg1 12:20
for Jerusalem's sake: Kg1 11:13
they have forsaken: Kg1 11:9, Kg1 3:14, Kg1 6:12, Kg1 6:13, Kg1 9:5-7; Ch1 28:9; Ch2 15:2; Jer 2:13; Hos 4:17
Ashtoreth: Kg1 11:5-8
Howbeit: Kg1 11:12, Kg1 11:13, Kg1 11:31; Job 11:6; Psa 103:10; Hab 3:2
for David: Isa 55:3
I will take: Exo 20:5, Exo 20:6
will give: Kg1 12:15-17, Kg1 12:20; Ch2 10:15-17
David: Kg1 15:4; Sa2 7:16, Sa2 7:29, Sa2 21:17; Kg2 8:19; Ch2 21:7; Psa 132:17; Jer 33:17-21; Amo 9:11, Amo 9:12; Luk 1:69, Luk 1:70, Luk 1:78, Luk 1:79; Act 15:16, Act 15:17
light: Heb. lamp, or candle
the city: Kg1 11:13, Kg1 9:3; Gal 4:25, Gal 4:26; Heb 12:22; Rev 21:10
according: Kg1 11:26; Deu 14:26; Sa2 3:21
if thou wilt: Kg1 3:14, Kg1 6:12, Kg1 9:4, Kg1 9:5; Exo 19:5; Deu 15:5; Zac 3:7
that I will: Deu 31:8; Jos 1:5
build the: Kg1 14:7-14; Sa2 7:11, Sa2 7:16, Sa2 7:26-29; Ch1 17:10, Ch1 17:24-27
afflict: Kg1 12:16, Kg1 14:8, Kg1 14:25, Kg1 14:26; Psa 89:38-45, Psa 89:49-51
not for ever: Kg1 11:36; Psa 89:30-34; Isa 7:14, Isa 9:7, Isa 11:1-10; Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6; Lam 3:31, Lam 3:32; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33, Luk 2:4, Luk 2:11
Solomon sought: Ch2 16:10; Pro 21:30; Isa 14:24-27, Isa 46:10; Lam 3:37
Shishak: This is the first time we meet with the proper name of an Egyptian king in Scripture, Pharaoh being the general appellation for all the sovereigns of that country. Some are of opinion that Shishak is the same with the celebrated Sesostris of the Greek historians; but it is probable that this king lived long before Solomon's time. Usher thinks him to be Sesonchis, and places the beginning of his reign, am 3026, bc 978. Kg1 14:25, Kg1 14:26; Ch2 12:2-9
rest: Ch2 9:29-31
acts: or, words, or things
time: Heb. days
forty years: Josephus says fourscore years; which is sufficiently absurd. Calmet supposes him to have been 18 years old when he came to the throne, and 58 when he died. Kg1 2:11
am 3029, bc 975
slept: Kg1 1:21, Kg1 14:20, Kg1 15:8, Kg1 15:24, Kg1 16:6; Deu 31:16; Kg2 16:20, Kg2 20:21, Kg2 21:18
buried: Kg1 2:10, Kg1 14:31; Kg2 21:18, Kg2 21:26; Ch2 21:20, Ch2 26:23, Ch2 28:27; Jer 22:19