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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.

לְאַהֲבָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”

For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

לְעֵת֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.

לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ (לִ) li “for”וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ (לְ) le. “for”

And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃ (לֵ) le. “to”

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

לְבִ֨לְתִּי־ (לְ) le. “to”

So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה (לִ) li “to”לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

לִבְנֶ֑ךָ (לִ) li “to”

So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה (לִ) li “to”

And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

לְקַבֵּ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”

Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his father;

לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

Now Hadad was very pleasing to Pharaoh, so that he gave him the sister of his wife, Tahpenes the queen, for his wife.

ל֤וֹ (ל֤) l “to”

And the sister of Tahpenes had a son by him, Genubath, whom Tahpenes took care of in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was living in Pharaoh's house among Pharaoh's sons.

ל֜וֹ (ל֜) l “to”

But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desiring to go back to your country? And he said, Nothing; but even so, send me back.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah:

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”

He was a trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. And this is the damage Hadad did: he was cruel to Israel while he was ruler over Edom.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (לְ) le. “of”

And there was Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was Zeruah, a widow; and his hand was lifted up against the king.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (לִ) li “of”

And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

Now at that time, when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road; now Ahijah had put on a new robe; and the two of them were by themselves in the open country.

לְבַדָּ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;

לְיָֽרָבְעָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for”לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”

(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

לּ֑וֹ (לּ֑) l “to”

Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws

לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮ (לְ) le. “to”לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ (לִ) li “to”וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת (לַ) la. “by”

But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you.

לְּךָ֔ (לְּ) le. “to”

And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

וְלִבְנ֖וֹ (לִ) li “to”לְדָֽוִיד־ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנַי֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “for”לָשׂ֥וּם (לָ) la. “to”