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1 Kings · read by Richard Owen Roberts
22 verses, in order. Only the verses Richard read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 11
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King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.Read from ESV · Humble Yourselves
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These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods." Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.Read from ESV · Humble Yourselves
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Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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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.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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and said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon's father David did.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
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If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.Read from NASB1995 · Manifest Presence - Part 2
1 Kings 18
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And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.Read from NASB1995 · Rejoicing in God, Living Unto God