## I Kings Chapter 11

###### I Kings 11:1
[I Kings 11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:1)

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אָהַ֞ב נָשִׁ֧ים נׇכְרִיּ֛וֹת רַבּ֖וֹת וְאֶת־בַּת־פַּרְעֹ֑ה מוֹאֲבִיּ֤וֹת עַמֳּנִיּוֹת֙ אֲדֹ֣מִיֹּ֔ת צֵֽדְנִיֹּ֖ת חִתִּיֹּֽת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo ha Melech loved many foreign women and [especially] the daughter of Pharaoh; [among them were] Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Tsidonites and Chittites.


###### I Kings 11:2
[I Kings 11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:2)

מִן־הַגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר־יְהֹוָה֩ אֶל־בְּנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לֹא־תָבֹ֣אוּ בָהֶ֗ם וְהֵם֙ לֹא־יָבֹ֣אוּ בָכֶ֔ם אָכֵן֙ יַטּ֣וּ אֶת־לְבַבְכֶ֔ם אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם בָּהֶ֛ם דָּבַ֥ק שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְאַהֲבָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They were from the nations of which Adonoy had said to the Bnei Yisroel, “You shall not go [marry] among them, and they shall not enter [marry] among you, for they will surely turn your hearts to go after their gods; they were the ones that Shlomo did cleave to love.


###### I Kings 11:3
[I Kings 11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:3)

וַיְהִי־ל֣וֹ נָשִׁ֗ים שָׂרוֹת֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּפִלַגְשִׁ֖ים שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת וַיַּטּ֥וּ נָשָׁ֖יו אֶת־לִבּֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines; and his wives swayed his heart.


###### I Kings 11:4
[I Kings 11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:4)

וַיְהִ֗י לְעֵת֙ זִקְנַ֣ת שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה נָשָׁיו֙ הִטּ֣וּ אֶת־לְבָב֔וֹ אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה לְבָב֤וֹ שָׁלֵם֙ עִם־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו כִּלְבַ֖ב דָּוִ֥יד אָבִֽיו׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And in Shlomo’s old age, his wives turned his heart to go after foreign gods, and his heart was no longer whole with Adonoy, his God, like the heart of Dovid, his father.


###### I Kings 11:5
[I Kings 11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:5)

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים וְאַחֲרֵ֣י מִלְכֹּ֔ם שִׁקֻּ֖ץ עַמֹּנִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo followed after Ashtores, the god of the Tzodnites, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.


###### I Kings 11:6
[I Kings 11:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:6)

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א מִלֵּ֛א אַחֲרֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה כְּדָוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And thus Shlomo did that which was evil in the eyes of Adonoy; and he was not completely devoted to Adonoy as was Dovid, his father.


###### I Kings 11:7
[I Kings 11:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:7)

אָז֩ יִבְנֶ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב בָּהָ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ שִׁקֻּ֖ץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Then Shlomo built a *Bomoh* [altar] for Chemosh, the abomination of Moav, on the mountain opposite Yerushalayim; and [also] for Molech, the abomination of Ammon.


###### I Kings 11:8
[I Kings 11:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:8)

וְכֵ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לְכׇל־נָשָׁ֖יו הַנׇּכְרִיּ֑וֹת מַקְטִיר֥וֹת וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
So he did for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.


###### I Kings 11:9
[I Kings 11:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:9)

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֥ף יְהֹוָ֖ה בִּשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה לְבָב֗וֹ מֵעִ֤ם יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַנִּרְאָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו פַּעֲמָֽיִם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Adonoy was angered by Shlomo, for his heart was turned away from Adonoy, the God of Yisroel, who had appeared to him two times.


###### I Kings 11:10
[I Kings 11:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:10)

וְצִוָּ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ עַל־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְבִ֨לְתִּי־לֶ֔כֶת אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וְלֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔ר אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖ה יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And had commanded him about this [very] thing, not to go after alien gods; and he did not preserve what Adonoy commanded.


###### I Kings 11:11
[I Kings 11:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:11)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה יַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָֽיְתָה־זֹּ֣את עִמָּ֔ךְ וְלֹ֤א שָׁמַ֙רְתָּ֙ בְּרִיתִ֣י וְחֻקֹּתַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי עָלֶ֑יךָ קָרֹ֨עַ אֶקְרַ֤ע אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ מֵעָלֶ֔יךָ וּנְתַתִּ֖יהָ לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Adonoy said to Shlomo, “Because this has been with you and you did not preserve My covenant, and My statute that I commanded you; I will surely tear the kingdom away from you, and give it to your servant.


###### I Kings 11:12
[I Kings 11:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:12)

אַךְ־בְּיָמֶ֙יךָ֙ לֹ֣א אֶעֱשֶׂ֔נָּה לְמַ֖עַן דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יךָ מִיַּ֥ד בִּנְךָ֖ אֶקְרָעֶֽנָּה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
But in your lifetime I will not do it, for the sake of Dovid, your father, but from the hand of your son, I will tear it.


###### I Kings 11:13
[I Kings 11:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:13)

רַ֤ק אֶת־כׇּל־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ לֹ֣א אֶקְרָ֔ע שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָ֖ד אֶתֵּ֣ן לִבְנֶ֑ךָ לְמַ֙עַן֙ דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י וּלְמַ֥עַן יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּחָֽרְתִּי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
However, the entire kingdom I will not tear away [from you]; but one tribe, I will give to your son, for the sake of Dovid, your father, and for the sake of Yerushalayim that I have chosen.


###### I Kings 11:14
[I Kings 11:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:14)

וַיָּ֨קֶם יְהֹוָ֤ה שָׂטָן֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֵ֖ת הֲדַ֣ד הָאֲדֹמִ֑י מִזֶּ֧רַע הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ ה֖וּא בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Adonoy set up a rival against Shlomo, [he was] Hadad, the Edomite, who was from the offspring of the king of Edom.


###### I Kings 11:15
[I Kings 11:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:15)

וַיְהִ֗י בִּֽהְי֤וֹת דָּוִד֙ אֶת־אֱד֔וֹם בַּעֲל֗וֹת יוֹאָב֙ שַׂ֣ר הַצָּבָ֔א לְקַבֵּ֖ר אֶת־הַחֲלָלִ֑ים וַיַּ֥ךְ כׇּל־זָכָ֖ר בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Dovid was in Edom when Yoav, commander of the army had gone up to bury the dead, for he had slain every male person of Edom.


###### I Kings 11:16
[I Kings 11:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:16)

כִּ֣י שֵׁ֧שֶׁת חֳדָשִׁ֛ים יָשַׁב־שָׁ֥ם יוֹאָ֖ב וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַד־הִכְרִ֥ית כׇּל־זָכָ֖ר בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
For six months, Yoav and all of Yisroel remained stationed there, until he had wiped out every male person in Edom.


###### I Kings 11:17
[I Kings 11:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:17)

וַיִּבְרַ֣ח אֲדַ֡ד הוּא֩ וַאֲנָשִׁ֨ים אֲדֹמִיִּ֜ים מֵעַבְדֵ֥י אָבִ֛יו אִתּ֖וֹ לָב֣וֹא מִצְרָ֑יִם וַהֲדַ֖ד נַ֥עַר קָטָֽן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
[However] Hadad had fled, he together with some men from Edom, who were of his father’s servants, to come to Egypt. Hadad was a small boy at that time.


###### I Kings 11:18
[I Kings 11:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:18)

וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ מִמִּדְיָ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ פָּארָ֑ן וַיִּקְחוּ֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים עִמָּ֜ם מִפָּארָ֗ן וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּתֶּן־ל֣וֹ בַ֗יִת וְלֶ֙חֶם֙ אָ֣מַר ל֔וֹ וְאֶ֖רֶץ נָ֥תַן לֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They got up from Midyon and came to Poron. They took some men from Poron with them, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh gave him a house, and ordered that he be provided with food, and he [also] granted him land.


###### I Kings 11:19
[I Kings 11:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:19)

וַיִּמְצָ֨א הֲדַ֥ד חֵ֛ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וַיִּתֶּן־ל֤וֹ אִשָּׁה֙ אֶת־אֲח֣וֹת אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ אֲח֖וֹת תַּחְפְּנֵ֥יס הַגְּבִירָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Hadad found much favor in the eyes Pharaoh, and he gave him for a wife, the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tachpenais, the Queen.


###### I Kings 11:20
[I Kings 11:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:20)

וַתֵּ֨לֶד ל֜וֹ אֲח֣וֹת תַּחְפְּנֵ֗יס אֵ֚ת גְּנֻבַ֣ת בְּנ֔וֹ וַתִּגְמְלֵ֣הוּ תַחְפְּנֵ֔ס בְּת֖וֹךְ בֵּ֣ית פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיְהִ֤י גְנֻבַת֙ בֵּ֣ית פַּרְעֹ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the sister of Tachpenais, bore him Genuvas, his son, and Tachpenais weaned him in the house of Pharaoh; and Genuvas was raised in the house of Pharoah among the children of Pharaoh.


###### I Kings 11:21
[I Kings 11:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:21)

וַהֲדַ֞ד שָׁמַ֣ע בְּמִצְרַ֗יִם כִּֽי־שָׁכַ֤ב דָּוִד֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וְכִי־מֵ֖ת יוֹאָ֣ב שַׂר־הַצָּבָ֑א וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הֲדַד֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה שַׁלְּחֵ֖נִי וְאֵלֵ֥ךְ אֶל־אַרְצִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Hadad heard in Egypt that Dovid slept with his fathers, and that Yoav, commander of the army had died. Hadad then said to Pharaoh, “Release me, and I will go to my own land.”


###### I Kings 11:22
[I Kings 11:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:22)

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ פַרְעֹ֗ה כִּ֠י מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה חָסֵר֙ עִמִּ֔י וְהִנְּךָ֥ מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ לָלֶ֣כֶת אֶל־אַרְצֶ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֣אמֶֽר׀לֹ֔א כִּ֥י שַׁלֵּ֖חַ תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽנִי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Pharaoh said to him, “What are you lacking with me that you ask to go to your land?” And he said, “No, but release me nevertheless.”


###### I Kings 11:23
[I Kings 11:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:23)

וַיָּ֨קֶם אֱלֹהִ֥ים לוֹ֙ שָׂטָ֔ן אֶת־רְז֖וֹן בֶּן־אֶלְיָדָ֑ע אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּרַ֗ח מֵאֵ֛ת הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶלֶךְ־צוֹבָ֖ה אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And God raised up a rival against [Shlomo], Rezon the son of Elyodoh, who had fled from Hadadezer, the king of Tsova, his master.


###### I Kings 11:24
[I Kings 11:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:24)

וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י שַׂר־גְּד֔וּד בַּהֲרֹ֥ג דָּוִ֖ד אֹתָ֑ם וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He gathered men around him and he was the leader of troops when Dovid killed them. They then went to Damascus and lived there, and they ruled in Damascus.


###### I Kings 11:25
[I Kings 11:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:25)

וַיְהִ֨י שָׂטָ֤ן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כׇּל־יְמֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וְאֶת־הָרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֲדָ֑ד וַיָּ֙קָץ֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ עַל־אֲרָֽם׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He antagonized Yisroel during all the days of Shlomo in conjunction with the evil of Hadad. He detested yisroel and ruled over Arom.


###### I Kings 11:26
[I Kings 11:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:26)

וְיָרׇבְעָם֩ בֶּן־נְבָ֨ט אֶפְרָתִ֜י מִן־הַצְּרֵדָ֗ה וְשֵׁ֤ם אִמּוֹ֙ צְרוּעָה֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה אַלְמָנָ֔ה עֶ֖בֶד לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וַיָּ֥רֶם יָ֖ד בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Yerovom, the son of Nevot, [was] from the tribe of Ephraim, from Tsereidoh, and his mother’s name was Tseruah, a widow. He was a servant to Shlomo and he raised his hand against the king.


###### I Kings 11:27
[I Kings 11:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:27)

וְזֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר־הֵרִ֥ים יָ֖ד בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־הַמִּלּ֔וֹא סָגַ֕ר אֶת־פֶּ֕רֶץ עִ֖יר דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
It was about this matter that he raised his hand against the king: Shlomo had built up the *Millo,* and had closed up the breaks of the city of Dovid, his father.


###### I Kings 11:28
[I Kings 11:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:28)

וְהָאִ֥ישׁ יָרׇבְעָ֖ם גִּבּ֣וֹר חָ֑יִל וַיַּ֨רְא שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־הַנַּ֗עַר כִּֽי־עֹשֵׂ֤ה מְלָאכָה֙ ה֔וּא וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד אֹת֔וֹ לְכׇל־סֵ֖בֶל בֵּ֥ית יוֹסֵֽף׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
This man Yerovom was a man of great valor; and Shlomo had seen that this young man, did his work with diligence, and appointed him over all the [tax] burdens of the House of Yosef.


###### I Kings 11:29
[I Kings 11:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:29)

וַֽיְהִי֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא וְיָרׇבְעָ֖ם יָצָ֣א מִירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיִּמְצָ֣א אֹת֡וֹ אֲחִיָּה֩ הַשִּׁילֹנִ֨י הַנָּבִ֜יא בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וְה֤וּא מִתְכַּסֶּה֙ בְּשַׂלְמָ֣ה חֲדָשָׁ֔ה וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֥ם לְבַדָּ֖ם בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
At that time Yerovom had gone out of Yerushalayim, and Achiyoh ha Shiloni, the prophet, found him on the road. He [the prophet] was wearing a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the field.


###### I Kings 11:30
[I Kings 11:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:30)

וַיִּתְפֹּ֣שׂ אֲחִיָּ֔ה בַּשַּׂלְמָ֥ה הַחֲדָשָׁ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וַיִּ֨קְרָעֶ֔הָ שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר קְרָעִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Achiyoh took hold of the new garment that was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.


###### I Kings 11:31
[I Kings 11:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:31)

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לְיָֽרׇבְעָ֔ם קַח־לְךָ֖ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה קְרָעִ֑ים כִּ֣י כֹה֩ אָמַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הִנְנִ֨י קֹרֵ֤עַ אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ מִיַּ֣ד שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְךָ֔ אֵ֖ת עֲשָׂרָ֥ה הַשְּׁבָטִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And he said to Yerovom, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for so has said Adonoy, God of Yisroel ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from the hand of Shlomo and give you ten tribes.


###### I Kings 11:32
[I Kings 11:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:32)

וְהַשֵּׁ֥בֶט הָאֶחָ֖ד יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֑וֹ לְמַ֣עַן**׀** עַבְדִּ֣י דָוִ֗ד וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֣רְתִּי בָ֔הּ מִכֹּ֖ל שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
One tribe will remain his for the sake of My servant, Dovid, and for the sake of Yerushalayim, the city that I chose from [among] all the tribes of Yisroel.


###### I Kings 11:33
[I Kings 11:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:33)

יַ֣עַן**׀** אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָב֗וּנִי וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֮ לְעַשְׁתֹּ֘רֶת֮ אֱלֹהֵ֣י צִדֹנִין֒ לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם אֱלֹהֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֑וֹן וְלֹא־הָלְכ֣וּ בִדְרָכַ֗י לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת הַיָּשָׁ֧ר בְּעֵינַ֛י וְחֻקֹּתַ֥י וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י כְּדָוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Because they abandoned Me and bowed down to Ashtores, god of the Tsidonim, to Chemosh, god of Moav and to Milcom, god of the children of Amon; and they did not follow in My ways, to do that what is upright in My eyes, to keep My statutes and My judgements as did Dovid, his father.


###### I Kings 11:34
[I Kings 11:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:34)

וְלֹא־אֶקַּ֥ח אֶת־כׇּל־הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה מִיָּד֑וֹ כִּ֣י**׀** נָשִׂ֣יא אֲשִׁתֶ֗נּוּ כֹּ֚ל יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו לְמַ֨עַן דָּוִ֤ד עַבְדִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֣רְתִּי אֹת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖ר מִצְוֺתַ֥י וְחֻקֹּתָֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
However, I will not take any part of the kingdom from his hand, for I will make him king all the days of his life, for the sake of Dovid, My servant, whom I have chosen, who preserved My *Mitzvos* and My statutes.


###### I Kings 11:35
[I Kings 11:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:35)

וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י הַמְּלוּכָ֖ה מִיַּ֣ד בְּנ֑וֹ וּנְתַתִּ֣יהָ לְּךָ֔ אֵ֖ת עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת הַשְּׁבָטִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
But I will take the the kingdom from the hand of his son, and give it to you, the ten tribes.


###### I Kings 11:36
[I Kings 11:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:36)

וְלִבְנ֖וֹ אֶתֵּ֣ן שֵֽׁבֶט־אֶחָ֑ד לְמַ֣עַן הֱיֽוֹת־נִ֣יר לְדָֽוִיד־עַ֠בְדִּ֠י כׇּֽל־הַיָּמִ֤ים׀לְפָנַי֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֣רְתִּי לִ֔י לָשׂ֥וּם שְׁמִ֖י שָֽׁם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And to his son, I will give one tribe in order that there be a lamp for Dovid, My servant, all the days before Me in Yerushalayim, the city that I chose for Myself, to place My Name there.


###### I Kings 11:37
[I Kings 11:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:37)

וְאֹתְךָ֣ אֶקַּ֔ח וּמָ֣לַכְתָּ֔ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־תְּאַוֶּ֖ה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ מֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And I will take you, and you will reign over all that your soul desires. You will be a king over Yisroel.


###### I Kings 11:38
[I Kings 11:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:38)

וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־תִּשְׁמַע֮ אֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲצַוֶּ֒ךָ֒ וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ בִדְרָכַ֗י וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ הַיָּשָׁ֤ר בְּעֵינַי֙ לִשְׁמ֤וֹר חֻקּוֹתַי֙ וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֑י וְהָיִ֣יתִי עִמָּ֗ךְ וּבָנִ֨יתִֽי לְךָ֤ בַיִת־נֶֽאֱמָן֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנִ֣יתִי לְדָוִ֔ד וְנָתַתִּ֥י לְךָ֖ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you, and follow in My ways, and do what is upright in My eyes, to preserve My statutes and My *Mitzvos* as did Dovid, My servant; I will be with you, and I will build for you a house of faithfulness, as I built for Dovid, and I will give you [sovereignty] over Yisroel.


###### I Kings 11:39
[I Kings 11:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:39)

וַאעַנֶּ֛ה אֶת־זֶ֥רַע דָּוִ֖ד לְמַ֣עַן זֹ֑את אַ֖ךְ לֹ֥א כׇל־הַיָּמִֽים׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And I will afflict Dovid’s descendants because of this, but not for all the days.’ ”


###### I Kings 11:40
[I Kings 11:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:40)

וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְהָמִ֣ית אֶת־יָרׇבְעָ֑ם וַיָּ֣קׇם יָרׇבְעָ֗ם וַיִּבְרַ֤ח מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־שִׁישַׁ֣ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיְהִ֥י בְמִצְרַ֖יִם עַד־מ֥וֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo wanted to kill Yerovom, but Yerovom got up and fled to Egypt, to Sheshak, the king of Egypt, and he remained in Egypt until the death of Shlomo.


###### I Kings 11:41
[I Kings 11:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:41)

וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה וְחׇכְמָת֑וֹ הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתֻבִ֔ים עַל־סֵ֖פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The rest of the events of Shlomo and all that he did, and his wisdom; they are indeed recorded in the book of the events of Shlomo.


###### I Kings 11:42
[I Kings 11:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:42)

וְהַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֩ מָלַ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בִירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ עַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The days that Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim; over all Yisroel, were forty years.


###### I Kings 11:43
[I Kings 11:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/11:43)

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב שְׁלֹמֹה֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּ֨קָּבֵ֔ר בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ רְחַבְעָ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Dovid, his father; and Rechavom, his son reigned in his place.