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1 Kings 11 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This is the end of the story of Solomon. (Chapters 1-11)
Special concepts in this chapter
Intermarriage with Gentiles
God had told the people of Israel in Moses's law never to marry women from the Gentile nations. But Solomon married many women from Gentile countries. This was because their religious beliefs would negatively affect Israel. Solomon, the wisest man, became a fool and his wives persuaded him to worship foolish idols. God became angry and warned he would take away 10 tribes from the kingdom of his son. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)