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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings chapter

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11. But King Solomon loved many foreign women,

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as well as the daughter of Pharaoh, women of

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the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians,

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and Hittites, from the nations of whom the Lord

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had said to the children of Israel, You shall

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not intermarry with them, nor they with you.

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Surely they will turn away your hearts after

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their gods. Solomon clung to these in love. And

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he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three

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hundred concubines. And his wives turned away

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his heart. For it was so, when Solomon was old,

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that his wives turned his heart after other gods.

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And his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God,

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as was the heart of his father David. For Solomon

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went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians,

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and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

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Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and

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did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father

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David. Then Solomon built a high place for Shemosh,

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the abomination of Moab, on a hill that is east

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of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination

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of the people of Ammon. And he did likewise for

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all his foreign wives, who burned incense and

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sacrificed to their gods. So the Lord became

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angry with Solomon because his heart had turned

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from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared

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to him twice, and had commanded him concerning

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this thing, that he should not go after other

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gods. But he did not keep what the Lord had commanded.

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Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, Because you

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have done this and have not kept my covenant

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and my statutes, which I have commanded you,

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I will surely tear the kingdom away from you

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and give it to your servant. Nevertheless, I

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will not do it in your days for the sake of your

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father David. I will tear it out of the hand

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of your son. However, I will not tear away the

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whole kingdom. I will give one tribe to your

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son for the sake of my servant David and for

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the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen. Now

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the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon,

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Hadad the Edomite. He was a descendant of the

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king in Edom. For it happened when David was

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in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had

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gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed

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every male in Edom, because for six months Joab

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remained there with all Israel, until he had

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cut down every male in Edom. That Hadad fled

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to go to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his

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father's servants with him. Hadad was still a

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little child. Then they arose from Midian and

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came to Paran, and he took men with them from

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Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt,

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who gave him a house, apportioned food for him,

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and gave him land. And Hadad found great favor

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in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him

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a wife, the sister of his own wife, that is,

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the sister of queen Tephinis. Then the sister

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of Tephinis bore him Genubat, his son, whom Tephinis

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weaned in Pharaoh's house. And Genubat was in

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Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.

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So when Hadad heard in Egypt that David rested

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with his fathers, and that Joab the commander

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of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh,

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Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.

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Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked

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with me, that suddenly you seek to go to your

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own country? So he answered, Nothing, but do

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let me go anyway. And God raised up another adversary

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against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who had

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fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. So

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he gathered men to him and became captain over

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a band of raiders when David killed those of

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Zobah. And they went to Damascus and dwelt there

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and reigned in Damascus. He was an adversary

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of Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the

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trouble that Hadad caused. And he abhorred Israel

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and reigned over Syria. Then Solomon's servant

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Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from

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Zerida, whose mother's name was Zeruiah, a widow,

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also rebelled against the king. and this is what

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caused him to rebel against the king. Solomon

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had built the Milo and repaired the damages to

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the city of David his father. The man Jeroboam

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was a mighty man of valor, and Solomon, seeing

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that the young man was industrious, made him

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the officer over all the labor force of the house

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of Joseph. Now it happened at that time, when

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Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet

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Ahijah, the Shilonite, met him on the way, and

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he had clothed himself with a new garment, and

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the two were alone in the field. Then Ahijah

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took hold of the new garment that was on him

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and tore it into twelve pieces. And he said to

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Jeroboam, Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus

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says the Lord the God of Israel, Behold, I will

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tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and

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will give ten tribes to you. But he shall have

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one tribe for the sake of my servant David and

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for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have

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chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. Because

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they have forsaken me and worship Ashtoreth,

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the goddess of the Sidonians, Shemosh, the god

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of the Moabites, and Milcom, the god of the people

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of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways to do

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what is right in my eyes and keep my statutes

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and my judgments, as did his father David. However,

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I will not take the whole kingdom out of his

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hand, because I have made him ruler all the days

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of his life for the sake of my servant David,

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whom I chose because he kept my commandments

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and my statutes. But I will take the kingdom

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out of his son's hand and give it to you, ten

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tribes. And to his son I will give one tribe,

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that my servant David may always have a lamp

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before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have

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chosen. for myself to put my name there. So I

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will take you, and you shall reign over all your

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heart desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

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Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command

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you, walk in my ways, and do what is right in

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my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments,

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as my servant David did. Then I will be with

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you, and build for you an enduring house, as

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I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

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And I will afflict the descendants of David because

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of this, but not forever. Solomon therefore sought

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to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam arose and fled

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to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in

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Egypt until the death of Solomon. Now the rest

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of the acts of Solomon, all that he did, and

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his wisdom, are they not written in the book

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of the acts of Solomon? And the period that Solomon

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reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty

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years. Then Solomon rested with his fathers,

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and was buried in the city of David his father,

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and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. I

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hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I

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did and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.