1 Kings 11:9
in 1 Kings 11Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
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ASV
And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,
KJV
And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe Lord was angry with Solomon - Had not this man’s delinquency been strongly marked by the Divine disapprobation, it would have had a fatal effect on the morals of mankind. Vice is vice, no matter who commits it. And God is as much displeased with sin in Solomon as he can be with it in the most profligate, uneducated wretch. And although God sees the same sin in precisely the same degree of moral turpitude as to the act itself, yet there may be circumstances which greatly aggravate the offense, and subject the offender to greater punishment.
This site's exposition
appeared unto him twice
on 1 Kings 11:9-10
The Lord's anger is measured against grace already given: two appearances, at Gibeon in a dream (3:5-14) and at the temple's completion (9:2-9), both carrying the same warning against other gods. The sin is aggravated by the light Solomon had received, not diminished by his wisdom, and the commentators note that greater revelation raises rather than lowers the weight of a broken command. Verse 10 restates the command he was given by name, so the reader cannot mistake ignorance for the cause.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
God's appearing to Solomon was such a sensible confirmation of his faith as should have for ever prevented his worshipping any other god; it was also such a distinguishing favour, and put such an honour upon him, as he ought never to have forgotten, especially considering what God said to him in both these appearances.
And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
9:3-9], had left Solomon inexcusable; and it was proper and necessary that on one who had been so signally favored with the gifts of Heaven, but who had grossly abused them, a terrible judgment should fall.
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתְאַנַּ֥ף | vaiyitanaf | and he was angry | H599 → | |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה | bishlomoh | with Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נָטָ֣ה | natah | it had turned aside | H5186 → | 214 times |
| לְבָב֗וֹ | levavo | heart his | H3824 → | 252 times |
| מֵעִ֤ם | meim | from with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הַנִּרְאָ֥ה | hanirah | who <he> had appeared | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֵלָ֖יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פַּעֲמָֽיִם׃ | paamayim | two times | H6471 → | 118 times |
וַיִּתְאַנַּ֥ףand he was angry
vaiyitanafH599 →
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּשְׁלֹמֹ֑הwith Solomon
bishlomohH8010 →291 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
נָטָ֣הit had turned aside
natahH5186 →214 times
לְבָב֗וֹheart his
levavoH3824 →252 times
מֵעִ֤םfrom with
meimH5973 →1050 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הַנִּרְאָ֥הwho <he> had appeared
hanirahH7200 →1300 times
אֵלָ֖יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
פַּעֲמָֽיִם׃two times
paamayimH6471 →118 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 3:5One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 1:7–12
That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:2
the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
- James 1:5–6
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- Numbers 12:6
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- John 14:13–14
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- 2 Chronicles 1:7–12
Through
2 Samuel 6:7And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 6:19
But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them…
- 1 Samuel 6:19
Through
1 Kings 9:2the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 3:5
One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- 1 Kings 3:5
Through
Deuteronomy 3:26But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:37
The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- Deuteronomy 1:37
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.