1Or il re Salomone, oltre la figliuola di Faraone, amò molte donne straniere: delle Moabite, delle Ammonite, delle Idumee, delle Sidonie, delle Hittee, 2donne appartenenti ai popoli dei quali l’Eterno avea detto al figliuoli d’Israele: "Non andate da loro e non vengano essi da voi; poiché essi certo pervertirebbero il vostro cuore per farvi seguire i loro dèi". A tali donne s’unì Salomone ne’ suoi amori. 3Ed ebbe settecento principesse per mogli e trecento concubine; e le sue mogli gli pervertirono il cuore; 4cosicché, al tempo della vecchiaia di Salomone, le sue mogli gl’inclinarono il cuore verso altri dèi; e il cuore di lui non appartenne tutto quanto all’Eterno, al suo Dio, come avea fatto il cuore di Davide suo padre. 5E Salomone seguì Astarte, divinità dei Sidoni, e Milcom, l’abominazione degli Ammoniti. 6Così Salomone fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno e non seguì pienamente l’Eterno, come avea fatto Davide suo padre. 7Fu allora che Salomone costruì, sul monte che sta dirimpetto a Gerusalemme, un alto luogo per Kemosh, l’abominazione di Moab, e per Molec, l’abominazione dei figliuoli di Ammon. 8E fece così per tutte le sue donne straniere, le quali offrivano profumi e sacrifizi ai loro dèi. 9E l’Eterno s’indignò contro Salomone, perché il cuor di lui s’era alienato dall’Eterno, dall’Iddio d’Israele, che gli era apparito due volte, 10e gli aveva ordinato, a questo proposito, di non andar dietro ad altri dèi; ma egli non osservò l’ordine datogli dall’Eterno. 11E l’Eterno disse a Salomone: "Giacché tu hai agito a questo modo, e non hai osservato il mio patto e le leggi che t’avevo date, io ti strapperò di dosso il reame, e lo darò al tuo servo. 12Nondimeno, per amor di Davide tuo padre, io non lo farò te vivente, ma lo strapperò dalle mani del tuo figliuolo. 13Però, non gli strapperò tutto il reame, ma lascerò una tribù al tuo figliuolo, per amor di Davide mio servo, e per amor di Gerusalemme che io ho scelta". 14L’Eterno suscitò un nemico a Salomone: Hadad, l’Idumeo, ch’era della stirpe reale di Edom. 15Quando Davide sconfisse Edom, e Joab, capo dell’esercito, salì per seppellire i morti, e uccise tutti i maschi che erano in Edom; 16(poiché Joab rimase in Edom sei mesi, con tutto Israele, finché v’ebbe sterminati tutti i maschi), 17questo Hadad fuggì con alcuni Idumei, servi di suo padre, per andare in Egitto. Hadad era allora un giovinetto. 18Quelli dunque partirono da Madian, andarono a Paran, presero seco degli uomini di Paran, e giunsero in Egitto da Faraone, re d’Egitto, il quale diede a Hadad una casa, provvide al suo mantenimento, e gli assegnò dei terreni. 19Hadad entrò talmente nelle grazie di Faraone, che questi gli diede per moglie la sorella della propria moglie, la sorella della regina Tahpenes. 20E la sorella di Tahpenes gli partorì un figliuolo, Ghenubath, che Tahpenes divezzò in casa di Faraone; e Ghenubath rimase in casa di Faraone tra i figliuoli di Faraone. 21Or quando Hadad ebbe sentito in Egitto che Davide s’era addormentato coi suoi padri e che Joab, capo dell’esercito, era morto, disse a Faraone: "Dammi licenza ch’io me ne vada al mio paese". 22E Faraone gli rispose: "Che ti manca da me perché tu cerchi d’andartene al tuo paese?" E quegli replicò: "Nulla; nondimeno, ti prego, lasciami partire". 23Iddio suscitò un altro nemico a Salomone: Rezon, figliuolo d’Eliada, ch’era fuggito dal suo signore Hadadezer, re di Tsoba. 24Ed egli avea radunato gente intorno a sé ed era diventato capo banda, quando Davide massacrò i Siri. Egli ed i suoi andarono a Damasco, vi si stabilirono, e regnarono in Damasco. 25E Rezon fu nemico d’Israele per tutto il tempo di Salomone; e questo, oltre il male già fatto da Hadad. Aborrì Israele e regnò sulla Siria. 26Anche Geroboamo, servo di Salomone, si ribellò contro il re. Egli era figlio di Nebat, Efrateo di Tsereda, e avea per madre una vedova che si chiamava Tserua. 27La causa per cui si ribellò contro il re, fu questa. Salomone costruiva Millo e chiudeva la breccia della città di Davide suo padre. 28Or Geroboamo era un uomo forte a valoroso; e Salomone, veduto come questo giovine lavorava, gli diede la sorveglianza di tutta la gente della casa di Giuseppe, comandata ai lavori. 29In quel tempo avvenne che Geroboamo, essendo uscito da Gerusalemme, s’imbatté per istrada nel profeta Ahija di Scilo, che portava un mantello nuovo; ed erano loro due soli nella campagna. 30Ahija prese il mantello nuovo che aveva addosso, lo stracciò in dodici pezzi, 31e disse a Geroboamo: "Prendine per te dieci pezzi, perché l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Israele, dice così: Ecco, io strappo questo regno dalle mani di Salomone, e te ne darò dieci tribù, 32ma gli resterà una tribù per amor di Davide mio servo, e per amor di Gerusalemme, della città che ho scelta fra tutte le tribù d’Israele. 33E ciò, perché i figliuoli d’Israele m’hanno abbandonato, si sono prostrati davanti ad Astarte, divinità dei Sidoni, davanti a Kemosh, dio di Moab e davanti a Milcom, dio dei figliuoli d’Ammon, e non han camminato nelle mie vie per fare ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi miei e per osservare le mie leggi e i miei precetti, come fece Davide, padre di Salomone. 34Nondimeno non torrò dalle mani di lui tutto il regno, ma lo manterrò principe tutto il tempo della sua vita, per amor di Davide, mio servo, che io scelsi, e che osservò i miei comandamenti e le mie leggi; 35ma torrò il regno dalle mani del suo figliuolo, e te ne darò dieci tribù; 36e al suo figliuolo lascerò una tribù affinché Davide, mio servo, abbia sempre una lampada davanti a me in Gerusalemme, nella città che ho scelta per mettervi il mio nome. 37Io prenderò dunque te, e tu regnerai su tutto quello che l’anima tua desidererà, e sarai re sopra Israele. 38E se tu ubbidisci a tutto quello che ti comanderò, e cammini nelle mie vie, e fai ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi miei, osservando le mie leggi e i miei comandamenti, come fece Davide mio servo, io sarò con te, ti edificherò una casa stabile, come ne edificai una a Davide, e ti darò Israele; 39e umilierò così la progenie di Davide, ma non per sempre". 40Perciò Salomone cercò di far morire Geroboamo; ma questi si levò e fuggì in Egitto presso Scishak, re d’Egitto, e rimase in Egitto fino alla morte di Salomone. 41Or il rimanente delle gesta di Salomone, tutto quello che fece, e la sua sapienza sta scritto nel libro delle gesta di Salomone. 42Salomone regnò a Gerusalemme, su tutto Israele, quarant’anni. 43Poi Salomone s’addormentò coi suoi padri, e fu sepolto nella città di Davide suo padre; e Roboamo suo figliuolo gli succedette nel regno.
1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; 2of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon joined to these in love. 3He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. 4When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn’t go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father. 7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8So he did for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods. 9Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, 10and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he didn’t keep that which Yahweh commanded. 11Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. 12Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.” 14Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom. 15For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom 16(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom); 17Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child. 18They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land. 19Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh. 21When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.” 22Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country?” He answered, “Nothing, however only let me depart.” 23God raised up an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. 24He gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and lived therein, and reigned in Damascus. 25He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief of Hadad: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 26Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king. 27This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father. 28The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph. 29At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field. 30Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. 31He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you 32(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel); 33because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did. 34“‘However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant’s sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes; 35but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes. 36To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. 38It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you. 39I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.’” 40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, aren’t they written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
1En de koning Salomo had veel vreemde vrouwen lief, en dat benevens de dochter van Farao: Moabietische, Ammonietische, Edomietische, Sidonische, Hethietische; 2Van die volken, waarvan de HEERE gezegd had tot de kinderen Israels: Gijlieden zult tot hen niet ingaan, en zij zullen tot u niet inkomen; zij zouden zekerlijk uw hart achter hun goden neigen; aan deze hing Salomo met liefde. 3En hij had zevenhonderd vrouwen, vorstinnen, en driehonderd bijwijven; en zijn vrouwen neigden zijn hart. 4Want het geschiedde in den tijd van Salomo's ouderdom, dat zijn vrouwen zijn hart achter andere goden neigden; dat zijn hart niet volkomen was met den HEERE, zijn God, gelijk het hart van zijn vader David. 5Want Salomo wandelde Astoreth, den god der Sidoniers, na, en Milchom, het verfoeisel der Ammonieten. 6Alzo deed Salomo dat kwaad was in de ogen des HEEREN; en volhardde niet den HEERE te volgen, gelijk zijn vader David. 7Toen bouwde Salomo een hoogte voor Kamos, het verfoeisel der Moabieten, op den berg, die voor Jeruzalem is, en voor Molech, het verfoeisel der kinderen Ammons. 8En alzo deed hij voor al zijn vreemde vrouwen, die haar goden rookten en offerden. 9Daarom vertoornde Zich de HEERE tegen Salomo, omdat hij zijn hart geneigd had van den HEERE, den God Israels, Die hem tweemaal verschenen was. 10En hem van deze zaak geboden had, dat hij andere goden niet zou nawandelen; doch hij hield niet, wat de HEERE geboden had. 11Daarom zeide de HEERE tot Salomo: Dewijl dit bij u geschied is, dat gij niet hebt gehouden Mijn verbond en Mijn inzettingen, die Ik u geboden heb; Ik zal gewisselijk dit koninkrijk van u scheuren, en datzelve uw knecht geven. 12In uw dagen nochtans zal Ik dat niet doen, om uws vaders Davids wil, van de hand uws zoons zal Ik het scheuren. 13Doch Ik zal het gehele koninkrijk niet afscheuren; een stam zal Ik uw zoon geven, om Mijns knechts Davids wil, en om Jeruzalems wil, dat Ik verkoren heb. 14Zo verwekte de HEERE Salomo een tegenpartijder, Hadad, den Edomiet; hij was van des konings zaad in Edom. 15Want het was geschied, als David in Edom was, toen Joab, de krijgsoverste, optoog, om de verslagenen te begraven, dat hij al wat mannelijk was in Edom sloeg; 16Want Joab bleef aldaar zes maanden, met het ganse Israel, totdat hij al wat mannelijk was in Edom uitgeroeid had. 17Doch Hadad was ontvloden, hij en enige Edomietische mannen uit zijns vaders knechten met hem, om in Egypte te komen; Hadad nu was een klein jongsken. 18En zij maakten zich op van Midian, en kwamen tot Paran, en kwamen in Egypte tot Farao, den koning van Egypte, die hem een huis gaf, en hem voeding toezeide, en hem een land gaf. 19En Hadad vond grote genade in de ogen van Farao, zodat hij hem tot een vrouw gaf de zuster zijner huisvrouw, de zuster van Tachpenes, de koningin. 20En de zuster van Tachpenes baarde hem zijn zoon Genubath, denwelken Tachpenes optoog in het huis van Farao; zodat Genubath in het huis van Farao was, onder de zonen van Farao. 21Toen nu Hadad in Egypte hoorde, dat David met zijn vaderen ontslapen, en dat Joab, de krijgsoverste, dood was, zeide Hadad tot Farao: Laat mij gaan, dat ik in mijn land trekke. 22Doch Farao zeide: Maar wat ontbreekt u bij mij, dat, zie, gij in uw land zoekt te trekken? En hij zeide: Niets, maar laat mij evenwel gaan. 23Ook verwekte God hem een wederpartijder, Rezon, den zoon van Eljada, die gevloden was van zijn heer Hadad-ezer, den koning van Zoba, 24Tegen welken hij ook mannen vergaderd had, en werd overste ener bende, als David die doodde; en getrokken zijnde naar Damaskus, woonden zij aldaar, en regeerden in Damaskus. 25En hij was Israels tegenpartijder al de dagen van Salomo, en dat benevens het kwaad, dat Hadad deed; want hij had een afkeer van Israel, en hij regeerde over Syrie. 26Daartoe Jerobeam, de zoon van Nebat, een Efrathiet van Zereda, Salomo's knecht (wiens moeders naam was Zerua, een weduwvrouw), hief ook de hand op tegen den koning. 27Dit is nu de zaak, waarom hij de hand tegen den koning ophief. Salomo bouwde Millo, en sloot de breuk der stad van zijn vader David toe. 28En de man Jerobeam was een dapper held. Toen Salomo dezen jongeling zag, dat hij arbeidzaam was, zo stelde hij hem over al den last van het huis van Jozef. 29Het geschiedde nu te dier tijd, als Jerobeam uit Jeruzalem uitging, dat de profeet Ahia, de Siloniet, hem op den weg vond, en hij zich een nieuw kleed aangedaan had, en zij beiden alleen op het veld waren; 30Zo vatte Ahia het nieuwe kleed, dat aan hem was, en scheurde het, in twaalf stukken. 31En hij zeide tot Jerobeam: Neem u tien stukken; want alzo zegt de HEERE, de God Israels: Zie, Ik zal het koninkrijk van de hand van Salomo scheuren, en u tien stammen geven. 32Maar een stam zal hij hebben, om Mijns knechts Davids wil, en om Jeruzalems wil, de stad, die Ik verkoren heb uit alle stammen van Israel. 33Daarom dat zij Mij verlaten, en zich nedergebogen hebben voor Astoreth, den god der Sidoniers, Kamos, den god der Moabieten, en Milchom, den god der kinderen Ammons; en niet gewandeld hebben in Mijn wegen, om te doen wat recht is in Mijn ogen, te weten Mijn inzettingen en Mijn rechten; gelijk zijn vader David. 34Doch niets van dit koninkrijk zal Ik uit zijn hand nemen; maar Ik stel hem tot een vorst al de dagen zijns levens, om Mijns knechts Davids wil, dien Ik verkoren heb, die Mijn geboden en Mijn inzettingen gehouden heeft. 35Maar uit de hand zijns zoons zal Ik het koninkrijk nemen; en Ik zal u daarvan tien stammen geven. 36En zijn zoon zal Ik een stam geven; opdat Mijn knecht David altijd een lamp voor Mijn aangezicht hebbe in Jeruzalem, de stad, die Ik Mij verkoren heb, om Mijn Naam daar te stellen. 37Zo zal Ik u nemen, en gij zult regeren over al wat uw ziel zal begeren; en gij zult koning zijn over Israel. 38En het zal geschieden, zo gij horen zult al wat Ik u zal gebieden, en in Mijn wegen zult wandelen, en doen wat recht in Mijn ogen is, houdende Mijn inzettingen en Mijn geboden, gelijk als Mijn knecht David gedaan heeft; dat Ik met u zal zijn, en u een bestendig huis bouwen, gelijk als Ik David gebouwd heb, en zal u Israel geven. 39En Ik zal om diens wil het zaad van David verootmoedigen; nochtans niet altijd. 40Daarom zocht Salomo Jerobeam te doden; maar Jerobeam maakte zich op, en vlood in Egypte, tot Sisak, den koning van Egypte, en was in Egypte, totdat Salomo stierf. 41Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Salomo, en al wat hij gedaan heeft, en zijn wijsheid, is dat niet geschreven in het boek der geschiedenissen van Salomo? 42De tijd nu, dien Salomo te Jeruzalem over het ganse Israel regeerde, was veertig jaar. 43Daarna ontsliep Salomo met zijn vaderen, en werd begraven in de stad van zijn vader David; en Rehabeam, zijn zoon, werd koning in zijn plaats.
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