Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
GOD THREATENS HIM. (1 Kings 11:9-13)
the Lord was angry with Solomon--The divine appearance, first at Gibeon [1 Kings 3:5], and then at Jerusalem [1 Kings 9:2], after the dedication of the temple, with the warnings given him on both occasions [1 Kings 3:11-14; 1 Kings 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. The divine sentence was announced to him probably by Ahijah; but there was mercy mingled with judgment, in the circumstance, that it should not be inflicted on Solomon personally--and that a remnant of the kingdom should be spared--"for David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which had been chosen" to put God's name there; not from a partial bias in favor of either, but that the divine promise might stand (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
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1 Kings 11:9-12
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