Shlomo ha Melech loved many foreign women and [especially] the daughter of Pharaoh; [among them were] Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Tsidonites and Chittites.

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.

He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines; and his wives swayed his heart.

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.

Shlomo followed after Ashtores, the god of the Tzodnites, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

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.

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.

So he did for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.

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.

And had commanded him about this [very] thing, not to go after alien gods; and he did not preserve what Adonoy commanded.

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.

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.

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.

Adonoy set up a rival against Shlomo, [he was] Hadad, the Edomite, who was from the offspring of the king of Edom.

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.

For six months, Yoav and all of Yisroel remained stationed there, until he had wiped out every male person in Edom.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.”

And God raised up a rival against [Shlomo], Rezon the son of Elyodoh, who had fled from Hadadezer, the king of Tsova, his master.

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.

He antagonized Yisroel during all the days of Shlomo in conjunction with the evil of Hadad. He detested yisroel and ruled over Arom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And Achiyoh took hold of the new garment that was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

And I will take you, and you will reign over all that your soul desires. You will be a king over Yisroel.

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.

And I will afflict Dovid’s descendants because of this, but not for all the days.’ ”

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.

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.

The days that Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim; over all Yisroel, were forty years.

Shlomo slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Dovid, his father; and Rechavom, his son reigned in his place.