1 Kings 11:11 meaning and explanation

Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 11:11, Berean Standard Bible

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These words come from the LORD to Solomon near the end of his reign, after the narrator reported that his foreign wives turned his heart toward other gods and that he built high places for Chemosh and Molech. The charge is covenant unfaithfulness, not a single lapse.

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