1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. 3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. 4As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 5He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 6So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done. 7On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 8He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods. 9The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command. 11So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. 12Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
Solomon’s Adversaries
14Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. 15Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom. 16Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom. 17But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father. 18They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Then taking people from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food. 19Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage. 20The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath, whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There Genubath lived with Pharaoh’s own children. 21While he was in Egypt, Hadad heard that David rested with his ancestors and that Joab the commander of the army was also dead. Then Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.” 22“What have you lacked here that you want to go back to your own country?” Pharaoh asked. “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but do let me go!” 23And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah. 24When David destroyed Zobah’s army, Rezon gathered a band of men around him and became their leader; they went to Damascus, where they settled and took control. 25Rezon was Israel’s adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram and was hostile toward Israel.
Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon
26Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was one of Solomon’s officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah. 27Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces⚓ and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father. 28Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph. 29About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country, 30and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces. 31Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand and give you ten tribes. 32But for the sake of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe. 33I will do this because they have⚓ forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees and laws as David, Solomon’s father, did. 34“ ‘But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees. 35I will take the kingdom from his son’s hands and give you ten tribes. 36I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name. 37However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel. 38If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you. 39I will humble David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.’ ” 40Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death.
Solomon’s Death
41As for the other events of Solomon’s reign—all he did and the wisdom he displayed—are they not written in the book of the annals of Solomon? 42Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 43Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.
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Xalumoos Tso Vajtswv Tseg
1Xalumoos nyiam ntau tus pojniam uas yog neeg txawv tebchaws. Dua li cov Iziv tus vajntxwv tus ntxhais lawm, nws tseem yuav cov Hitis, cov Mau-am, cov Edoos thiab cov Xidoos tej ntxhais los ua pojniam thiab. 2Xalumoos tseem mus yuav cov neeg uas tus TSWV txwv kom cov Yixalayees tsis txhob yuav lawv tej ntxhais los ua pojniam, rau qhov lawv yuav coj cov Yixalayees mus pe lawv tej vajtswv. 3Xalumoos yuav xya pua tus pojniam uas yog ntxhais vajntxwv thiab peb puas tus pojniam uas tsis yog ntxhais vajntxwv. Cov pojniam ntawd thiaj ua rau nws tso Vajtswv tseg, 4thiab thaum uas nws laus lawm, nws cov pojniam ntawd thiaj coj nws mus pe cov neeg txawv tebchaws tej vajtswv. Nws tsis muab lub siab npuab tus TSWV uas yog nws tus Vajtswv li nws txiv Daviv lawm. 5Nws mus pe cov Xidoos tus vajtswv Atates thiab mus pe cov Amoos tus vajtswv Maulej uas phem qias kawg li. 6Nws tau ua txhaum rau tus TSWV thiab tsis ua raws li tus TSWV lub siab nyiam li nws txiv Daviv ua. 7Nyob rau saum lub roob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees sab hnubtuaj, Xalumoos ua tau ib lub chaw pe cov Mau-am tus vajtswv Khemaus, thiab ib lub chaw pe cov Amoos tus vajtswv Maulej. 8Thiab nws tseem ua ntau lub chaw rau nws cov pojniam uas yog neeg txawv tebchaws tau hlawv xyab thiab hlawv khoom fij rau lawv tej vajtswv. 9-10Tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv tau los rau Xalumoos pom ob zaug thiab hais kom nws tsis txhob mus pe cov neeg txawv tebchaws tej vajtswv hlo li. Txawm li ntawd los Xalumoos tsis mloog tus TSWV tej lus, nws tau tso tus TSWV tseg. Yog li ntawd, tus TSWV thiaj chim heev rau Xalumoos 11thiab hais rau nws hais tias, “Vim koj rhuav tej lus uas koj cog tseg nrog kuv lawm thiab koj tsis mloog kuv tej lus, kuv hais rau koj hais tias kuv yuav muab lub tebchaws tshem tawm ntawm koj mus thiab muab cob rau koj cov nomtswv ib tug kav. 12Tiamsis vim kuv tej lus uas kuv tau cog tseg rau koj txiv Daviv lawm, kuv yuav tsis muab tshem tawm thaum koj tseem ua neej nyob. Yuav yog tiam uas koj tus tub ua tus kav, kuv mam li tshem. 13Thiab kuv yuav tsis tshem lub tebchaws kom tas ntawm nws mus, vim kuv tau coglus tseg rau kuv tus tubtxib Daviv thiab lub nroog Yeluxalees uas yog lub nroog kuv xaiv cia ua kuv tug, kuv yuav tseg ib xeem rau nws kav xwb.”
Xalumoos Cov Yeebncuab
14Yog li ntawd, tus TSWV thiaj tshoov Hadas uas yog ib tug ntawm cov Edoos tus vajntxwv tsevneeg siab kom ntxeev siab tawmtsam Xalumoos. 15-16Ua ntej ntau xyoo los lawm, thaum Daviv mus ntaus lub tebchaws Edoos, nws tus thawj tubrog Yau-am tau mus faus cov neeg sib tua tuag. Yau-am thiab nws cov tubrog nyob hauv tebchaws Edoos tau rau lub hlis, lub sijhawm ntawd lawv muab txhua tus txivneej hauv tebchaws Edoos tua tuag tas huv tibsi lawm, 17tsuas tshuav Hadas thiab nws txiv cov tubtxib uas yog neeg Edoos leej puav uas khiav mus rau nram tebchaws Iziv thiaj dim xwb. (Thaum ntawd Hadas tseem yog menyuam yaus.) 18Lawv khiav tawm hauv Midias mus rau hauv Palas, txawm muaj qee leej txivneej nyob hauv koom nrog lawv. Ces lawv txawm khiav mus rau nram tebchaws Iziv thiab mus cuag Falaus uas yog cov Iziv tus vajntxwv, nws thiaj tu lub tebchaws thiab muab ib lub tsev rau Hadas nyob thiab pub zaub mov rau Hadas noj. 19Hadas yog Falaus ib tug phoojywg zoo heev, Falaus thiaj muab nws tus pojniam uas npe hu ua Tapenes tus niam hluas rau Hadas yuav ua pojniam. 20Hadas tus pojniam yug tau ib tug tub rau Hadas, nws tis npe hu ua Nkenunpas, niam vajntxwv Falaus coj tus tub ntawd mus tu hauv lub loog, thiab nws yeej nrog Falaus cov tub loj hlob ua ke. 21Thaum Hadas tseem nyob nram tebchaws Iziv, nws hnov xov hais tias Daviv tuag lawm thiab Yau-am uas yog tus thawj tubrog los tuag lawm, Hadas thiaj hais rau Falaus hais tias, “Thov cia kuv rov qab mus pem kuv lub tebchaws.” 22Falaus teb hais tias, “Puas yog tseem tshuav tej yam uas kuv muab tsis txaus rau koj, koj thiaj xav rov mus rau pem koj lub tebchaws?” Hadas teb hais tias, “Tsis yog, thov cia li tso kuv rov mus xwb.” Ces nws txawm rov los rau pem nws lub tebchaws lawm. Cov Edoos tus Vajntxwv Hadas yog cov Yixalayees ib tug yeebncuab uas phem thiab nruj tsiv heev. 23Vajtswv tseem tshoov Eli-adas tus tub Lexoos siab kom ntxeev siab tawmtsam Xalumoos thiab. Lexoos yog tus uas khiav tawm ntawm nws tus tswv uas yog cov Xaunpas tus Vajntxwv Hadadexes, 24thiab mus ua ib tug thawj tubsab uas ua txhaum kevcai loj kawg li. (Qhov no tshwmsim tom qab uas Daviv mus tua yeej Hadadexes thiab muab cov Xilias uas koom tes nrog nws tua tuag tas lawm.) Ces Lexoos thiab nws cov neeg thiaj khiav mus nyob pem Damaxes, Lexoos cov neeg thiaj muab Lexoos tsa ua vajntxwv kav tebchaws Xilias. 25Lexoos yog cov Yixalayees ib tug yeebncuab nyob rau Xalumoos tiam.
Vajtswv Coglus Rau Yelaunpau-as
26Muaj dua ib tug txivneej uas tig rov tawmtsam Vajntxwv Xalumoos, tus ntawd yog Xalumoos ib tug nomtswv ntag, nws yog Nenpas tus tub Yelaunpau-as uas nyob hauv lub nroog Xeledas pem lub xeev Efalayees. Yelaunpau-as niam hu ua Xeluas thiab yog ib tug pojntsuam. 27Qhov uas Yelaunpau-as ntxeev siab rau Vajntxwv Xalumoos, vim Xalumoos ua lub tsev Milus thiab kho tus ntsayeej uas thaiv nws txiv Daviv lub nroog. 28Yelaunpau-as yog ib tug tub hluas uas muaj zog khov kho, thaum Xalumoos pom hais tias Yelaunpau-as yog ib tug uas mob siab ua haujlwm heev, Xalumoos thiaj tsa nws ua tus saib tagnrho cov tubzog uas nyob hauv lub xeev Manaxes thiab lub xeev Efalayees. 29Muaj ib hnub, thaum Yelaunpau-as tabtom taug kev nram Yeluxalees los, Ahiyas uas yog tus cev Vajtswv lus hauv lub nroog Silaus tuaj ntsib Yelaunpau-as tom ib tog kev ntawm roob mojsab. 30Ahiyas hle hlo nws lub tsho tshiab loj los dua rhe ua kaum ob daim, 31thiab hais rau Yelaunpau-as hais tias, “Koj cia li nqa kaum daim mus rau koj, vim tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv hais rau koj hais tias, ‘Kuv yuav muab lub tebchaws tshem tawm ntawm Xalumoos mus, thiab kuv yuav muab kaum xeem rau koj kav. 32Tsuas pub Xalumoos kav ib xeem lawm xwb, rau qhov kuv tseem hlub kuv tus tubtxib Daviv thiab lub nroog Yeluxalees, lub nroog no kuv tau xaiv hauv lub tebchaws Yixalayees los ua kuv tug lawm. 33Kuv ua li no twb yog vim Xalumoos tso kuv tseg thiab mus pe tej neeg txawv tebchaws tej vajtswv: cov Xidoos tus vajtswv uas yog tus mlom pojniam Atates; cov Mau-am tus vajtswv Khemaus; thiab cov Amoos tus vajtswv Maulej. Xalumoos tsis mloog kuv lus; Xalumoos tau ua txhaum tsis ua raws li kuv tej kevcai thiab kuv tej lus samhwm li nws txiv Daviv mloog kuv lus thiab coj raws li kuv tej kevcai. 34Tiamsis kuv yuav tsis muab lub tebchaws tshem tagnrho ntawm Xalumoos mus, rau qhov kuv tseem yuav cia nws muaj hwjchim kav mus kom tas nws tiam. Kuv ua li no twb yog kuv hlub kuv tus tubtxib Daviv, nws yog tus uas kuv xaiv thiab yog tus uas ua raws li kuv tej kevcai thiab tej lus samhwm. 35Kuv yuav tshem lub tebchaws ntawm Xalumoos tus tub mus, thiab kuv yuav muab kaum xeem rau koj, 36tiamsis kuv yuav tseg ib xeem rau Xalumoos tus tub kav, kuv yuav cia kuv tus tubtxib Daviv cov xeebntxwv kav hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees uas yog lub nroog kuv xaiv los ua qhov chaw rau sawvdaws pehawm kuv. 37Yelaunpau-as, kuv yuav tsa koj ua vajntxwv kav cov Yixalayees; koj yuav tau kav tagnrho tej cheebtsam av uas koj xav kav. 38Yog koj mloog kuv tej lus txhua lo, coj koj lub neej raws li kuv tej kevcai, thiab ua raws li kuv tej lus samhwm uas kuv muab rau koj ib yam li kuv tus tubtxib Daviv tau ua los lawm, kuv yuav nrog nraim koj mus ibtxhis. Kuv yuav tsa koj ua vajntxwv kav cov Yixalayees thiab yuav cia koj cov xeebntxwv ua vajntxwv hloov koj chaw ib yam li kuv pub rau Daviv ntag. 39Vim Xalumoos tej kev txhaum kuv thiaj yuav rau txim rau Daviv cov xeebntxwv, tiamsis tsis yog rau txim mus ibtxhis.’ ” 40Yog li ntawd, Xalumoos thiaj pheej nrhiav Yelaunpau-as tua povtseg, tiamsis nws khiav mus cuag cov Iziv tus Vajntxwv Sisaj thiab mus nyob nrad txog hnub uas Xalumoos tuag.
Xalumoos Tuag
(2 Xwmtxheej Vajntxwv 9.29-31)
41Dua li lwm yam uas Xalumoos ua, tsis hais nws tej haujlwm lossis nws lub tswvyim kev txawj ntse, puavleej muab sau cia rau hauv Phau Ntawv Keebkwm uas teev Xalumoos lub neej lawm. 42Xalumoos ua vajntxwv nyob hauv Yeluxalees thiab kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees tau plaub caug xyoo. 43Xalumoos tuag thiab luag coj nws mus faus rau hauv Daviv lub Nroog. Thiab nws tus tub Lehaunpau-as ua vajntxwv hloov nws chaw.