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1. Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh's daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.
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1. But king H4428 Solomon H8010 loved H157 many H7227 strange H5237 women H802 , together with H854 the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 , women of the Moabites H4125 , Ammonites H5984 , Edomites H130 , Zidonians H6722 , and Hittites H2850 ;
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2. The LORD had clearly instructed the people of Israel, 'You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.' Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.
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2. Of H4480 the nations H1471 concerning which H834 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , Ye shall not H3808 go in H935 to them, neither H3808 shall they H1992 come in H935 unto you: for surely H403 they will turn away H5186 H853 your heart H3824 after H310 their gods H430 : Solomon H8010 cleaved H1692 unto these in love H157 .
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3. He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the LORD.
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3. And he had H1961 seven H7651 hundred H3967 wives H802 , princesses H8282 , and three H7969 hundred H3967 concubines H6370 : and his wives H802 turned away H5186 H853 his heart H3820 .
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4. In Solomon's old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the LORD his God, as his father, David, had been.
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4. For it came to pass H1961 , when H6256 Solomon H8010 was old H2209 , that his wives H802 turned away H5186 H853 his heart H3824 after H310 other H312 gods H430 : and his heart H3824 was H1961 not H3808 perfect H8003 with H5973 the LORD H3068 his God H430 , as was the heart H3824 of David H1732 his father H1 .
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5. Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites.
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5. For Solomon H8010 went H1980 after H310 Ashtoreth H6253 the goddess H430 of the Zidonians H6722 , and after H310 Milcom H4445 the abomination H8251 of the Ammonites H5984 .
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6. In this way, Solomon did what was evil in the LORD's sight; he refused to follow the LORD completely, as his father, David, had done.
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6. And Solomon H8010 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , and went not fully H3808 H4390 after H310 the LORD H3068 , as did David H1732 his father H1 .
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7. On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites.
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7. Then H227 did Solomon H8010 build H1129 a high place H1116 for Chemosh H3645 , the abomination H8251 of Moab H4124 , in the hill H2022 that H834 is before H5921 H6440 Jerusalem H3389 , and for Molech H4432 , the abomination H8251 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 .
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8. Solomon built such shrines for all his foreign wives to use for burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.
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8. And likewise H3651 did H6213 he for all H3605 his strange H5237 wives H802 , which burnt incense H6999 and sacrificed H2076 unto their gods H430 .
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9. The LORD was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
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9. And the LORD H3068 was angry H599 with Solomon H8010 , because H3588 his heart H3824 was turned H5186 from H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , which had appeared H7200 unto H413 him twice H6471 ,
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10. He had warned Solomon specifically about worshiping other gods, but Solomon did not listen to the LORD's command.
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10. And had commanded H6680 H413 him concerning H5921 this H2088 thing H1697 , that he should not H1115 go H1980 after H310 other H312 gods H430 : but he kept H8104 not H3808 H853 that which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 .
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11. So now the LORD said to him, "Since you have not kept my covenant and have disobeyed my decrees, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your servants.
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11. Wherefore the LORD H3068 said H559 unto Solomon H8010 , Forasmuch H3282 as H834 this H2063 is H1961 done of H5973 thee , and thou hast not H3808 kept H8104 my covenant H1285 and my statutes H2708 , which H834 I have commanded H6680 H5921 thee , I will surely rend H7167 H7167 H853 the kingdom H4467 from H4480 H5921 thee , and will give H5414 it to thy servant H5650 .
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12. But for the sake of your father, David, I will not do this while you are still alive. I will take the kingdom away from your son.
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12. Notwithstanding H389 in thy days H3117 I will not H3808 do H6213 it for David thy father's sake H4616 H1732 H1 : but I will rend H7167 it out of the hand H4480 H3027 of thy son H1121 .
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13. And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city."
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13. Howbeit H7535 I will not H3808 rend away H7167 H853 all H3605 the kingdom H4467 ; but will give H5414 one H259 tribe H7626 to thy son H1121 for David my servant's sake H4616 H1732 H5650 , and for Jerusalem's sake H4616 H3389 which H834 I have chosen H977 .
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14. Then the LORD raised up Hadad the Edomite, a member of Edom's royal family, to be Solomon's adversary.
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14. And the LORD H3068 stirred up H6965 an adversary H7854 unto Solomon H8010 , H853 Hadad H1908 the Edomite H130 : he H1931 was of the king's seed H4480 H2233 H4428 in Edom H123 .
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15. Years before, David had defeated Edom. Joab, his army commander, had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle. While there, they killed every male in Edom.
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15. For it came to pass H1961 , when David H1732 was H1961 in H853 Edom H123 , and Joab H3097 the captain H8269 of the host H6635 was gone up H5927 to bury H6912 H853 the slain H2491 , after he had smitten H5221 every H3605 male H2145 in Edom H123 ;
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16. Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them.
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16. ( For H3588 six H8337 months H2320 did Joab H3097 remain H3427 there H8033 with all H3605 Israel H3478 , until H5704 he had cut off H3772 every H3605 male H2145 in Edom H123 :)
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17. But Hadad and a few of his father's royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.)
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17. That Hadad H111 fled H1272 , he H1931 and certain H376 Edomites H129 of his father's servants H4480 H5650 H1 with H854 him , to go H935 into Egypt H4714 ; Hadad H1908 being yet a little H6996 child H5288 .
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18. They set out from Midian and went to Paran, where others joined them. Then they traveled to Egypt and went to Pharaoh, who gave them a home, food, and some land.
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18. And they arose H6965 out of Midian H4480 H4080 , and came H935 to Paran H6290 : and they took H3947 men H376 with H5973 them out of Paran H4480 H6290 , and they came H935 to Egypt H4714 , unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 ; which gave H5414 him a house H1004 , and appointed H559 him victuals H3899 , and gave H5414 him land H776 .
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19. Pharaoh grew very fond of Hadad, and he gave him his wife's sister in marriage-- the sister of Queen Tahpenes.
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19. And Hadad H1908 found H4672 great H3966 favor H2580 in the sight H5869 of Pharaoh H6547 , so that he gave H5414 him to wife H802 H853 the sister H269 of his own wife H802 , the sister H269 of Tahpenes H8472 the queen H1377 .
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20. She bore him a son named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him in Pharaoh's palace among Pharaoh's own sons.
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20. And the sister H269 of Tahpenes H8472 bore H3205 him H853 Genubath H1592 his son H1121 , whom Tahpenes H8472 weaned H1580 in H8432 Pharaoh H6547 's house H1004 : and Genubath H1592 was H1961 in Pharaoh H6547 's household H1004 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Pharaoh H6547 .
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21. When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David and his commander Joab were both dead, he said to Pharaoh, "Let me return to my own country."
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21. And when Hadad H1908 heard H8085 in Egypt H4714 that H3588 David H1732 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and that H3588 Joab H3097 the captain H8269 of the host H6635 was dead H4191 , Hadad H1908 said H559 to H413 Pharaoh H6547 , Let me depart H7971 , that I may go H1980 to H413 mine own country H776 .
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22. "Why?" Pharaoh asked him. "What do you lack here that makes you want to go home?" "Nothing," he replied. "But even so, please let me return home."
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22. Then Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto him, But H3588 what H4100 hast thou H859 lacked H2638 with H5973 me, that, behold H2009 , thou seekest H1245 to go H1980 to H413 thine own country H776 ? And he answered H559 , Nothing H3808 : howbeit H3588 let me go in any wise H7971 H7971 .
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23. God also raised up Rezon son of Eliada as Solomon's adversary. Rezon had fled from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah,
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23. And God H430 stirred him up H6965 another adversary H7854 , H853 Rezon H7331 the son H1121 of Eliadah H450 , which H834 fled H1272 from H4480 H854 his lord H113 Hadadezer H1909 king H4428 of Zobah H6678 :
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24. and had become the leader of a gang of rebels. After David conquered Hadadezer, Rezon and his men fled to Damascus, where he became king.
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24. And he gathered H6908 men H376 unto H5921 him , and became H1961 captain H8269 over a band H1416 , when David H1732 slew H2026 them of Zobah : and they went H1980 to Damascus H1834 , and dwelt H3427 therein , and reigned H4427 in Damascus H1834 .
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25. Rezon was Israel's bitter adversary for the rest of Solomon's reign, and he made trouble, just as Hadad did. Rezon hated Israel intensely and continued to reign in Aram.
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25. And he was H1961 an adversary H7854 to Israel H3478 all H3605 the days H3117 of Solomon H8010 , beside H854 the mischief H7451 that H834 Hadad H1908 did : and he abhorred H6973 Israel H3478 , and reigned H4427 over H5921 Syria H758 .
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26. Another rebel leader was Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon's own officials. He came from the town of Zeredah in Ephraim, and his mother was Zeruah, a widow.
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26. And Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 , an Ephrathite H673 of H4480 Zereda H6868 , Solomon H8010 's servant H5650 , whose mother H517 's name H8034 was Zeruah H6871 , a widow H490 woman H802 , even he lifted up H7311 his hand H3027 against the king H4428 .
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27. This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
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27. And this H2088 was the cause H1697 that H834 he lifted up H7311 his hand H3027 against the king H4428 : Solomon H8010 built H1129 H853 Millo H4407 , and repaired H5462 H853 the breaches H6556 of the city H5892 of David H1732 his father H1 .
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28. Jeroboam was a very capable young man, and when Solomon saw how industrious he was, he put him in charge of the labor force from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph.
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28. And the man H376 Jeroboam H3379 was a mighty H1368 man of valor H2428 : and Solomon H8010 seeing H7200 H853 the young man H5288 that H3588 he H1931 was industrious H6213 H4399 , he made him ruler H6485 H853 over all H3605 the charge H5447 of the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 .
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29. One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him along the way. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone in a field,
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29. And it came to pass H1961 at that H1931 time H6256 when Jeroboam H3379 went out H3318 of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 , that the prophet H5030 Ahijah H281 the Shilonite H7888 found H4672 him in the way H1870 ; and he H1931 had clad himself H3680 with a new H2319 garment H8008 ; and they two H8147 were alone H905 in the field H7704 :
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30. and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
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30. And Ahijah H281 caught H8610 the new H2319 garment H8008 that H834 was on H5921 him , and rent H7167 it in twelve H8147 H6240 pieces H7168 :
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31. Then he said to Jeroboam, "Take ten of these pieces, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give ten of the tribes to you!
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31. And he said H559 to Jeroboam H3379 , Take H3947 thee ten H6235 pieces H7168 : for H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 , Behold H2009 , I will rend H7167 H853 the kingdom H4467 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of Solomon H8010 , and will give H5414 H853 ten H6235 tribes H7626 to thee:
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32. But I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
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32. (But he shall have H1961 one H259 tribe H7626 for my servant David's sake H4616 H1732 H5650 , and for Jerusalem's sake H4616 H3389 , the city H5892 which H834 I have chosen H977 out of all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 :)
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33. For Solomon has abandoned me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of the Ammonites. He has not followed my ways and done what is pleasing in my sight. He has not obeyed my decrees and regulations as David his father did.
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33. Because H3282 that H834 they have forsaken H5800 me , and have worshiped H7812 Ashtoreth H6253 the goddess H430 of the Zidonians H6721 , Chemosh H3645 the god H430 of the Moabites H4124 , and Milcom H4445 the god H430 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , and have not H3808 walked H1980 in my ways H1870 , to do H6213 that which is right H3477 in mine eyes H5869 , and to keep my statutes H2708 and my judgments H4941 , as did David H1732 his father H1 .
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34. " 'But I will not take the entire kingdom from Solomon at this time. For the sake of my servant David, the one whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees, I will keep Solomon as leader for the rest of his life.
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34. Howbeit I will not H3808 take H3947 H853 the whole H3605 kingdom H4467 out of his hand H4480 H3027 : but H3588 I will make H7896 him prince H5387 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 for David my servant's sake H4616 H1732 H5650 , whom H834 H853 I chose H977 , because H834 he kept H8104 my commandments H4687 and my statutes H2708 :
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35. But I will take the kingdom away from his son and give ten of the tribes to you.
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35. But I will take H3947 the kingdom H4410 out of his son's hand H4480 H3027 H1121 , and will give H5414 it unto thee, even H853 ten H6235 tribes H7626 .
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36. His son will have one tribe so that the descendants of David my servant will continue to reign, shining like a lamp in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be the place for my name.
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36. And unto his son H1121 will I give H5414 one H259 tribe H7626 , that H4616 David H1732 my servant H5650 may have H1961 a light H5216 always H3605 H3117 before H6440 me in Jerusalem H3389 , the city H5892 which H834 I have chosen H977 me to put H7760 my name H8034 there H8033 .
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37. And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires.
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37. And I will take H3947 thee , and thou shalt reign H4427 according to all H3605 that H834 thy soul H5315 desireth H183 , and shalt be H1961 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 .
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38. If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
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38. And it shall be H1961 , if H518 thou wilt hearken unto H8085 H853 all H3605 that H834 I command H6680 thee , and wilt walk H1980 in my ways H1870 , and do H6213 that is right H3477 in my sight H5869 , to keep H8104 my statutes H2708 and my commandments H4687 , as H834 David H1732 my servant H5650 did H6213 ; that I will be H1961 with H5973 thee , and build H1129 thee a sure H539 house H1004 , as H834 I built H1129 for David H1732 , and will give H5414 H853 Israel H3478 unto thee.
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39. Because of Solomon's sin I will punish the descendants of David-- though not forever.'"
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39. And I will for H4616 this H2063 afflict H6031 H853 the seed H2233 of David H1732 , but H389 not H3808 forever H3605 H3117 .
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40. Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.
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40. Solomon H8010 sought H1245 therefore to kill H4191 H853 Jeroboam H3379 . And Jeroboam H3379 arose H6965 , and fled H1272 into Egypt H4714 , unto H413 Shishak H7895 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 , and was H1961 in Egypt H4714 until H5704 the death H4194 of Solomon H8010 .
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41. The rest of the events in Solomon's reign, including all his deeds and his wisdom, are recorded in The Book of the Acts of Solomon.
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41. And the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Solomon H8010 , and all H3605 that H834 he did H6213 , and his wisdom H2451 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the acts H1697 of Solomon H8010 ?
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42. Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
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42. And the time H3117 that H834 Solomon H8010 reigned H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478 was forty H705 years H8141 .
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43. When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.
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43. And Solomon H8010 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and was buried H6912 in the city H5892 of David H1732 his father H1 : and Rehoboam H7346 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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