About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

9/13/2023

1 Kings 11:1-43 Solomon Is Led Astray From the Lord God

 

Solomon Is Led Astray From the Lord God

1 Kings 11:1-43                               1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

Together with [his wife,] the daughter of Pharaoh, King Solomon loved many strange women, of the: Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [a.k.a. Sidonians,] & Hittites; [from] the nations [about] which, the Lord said to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, You shall not [be intimate with] them.

Neither shall they [be intimate with] you. For surely, they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon [clung] to these in love. [Solomon] had 700 wives, & princesses, & 300 [mistresses,] & his wives [led Solomon’s heart astray. For it [happened,] when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods. 

[Solomon’s] heart wasn’t [blameless] with the Lord his God, [like] David, his [father’s] heart was. For Solomon [followed:] Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonian’s, [a.k.a. Sidonians,] & after MiIcom, the abomination of the Ammonites. 

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, & [didn’t fully follow] the Lord, [like] David, his father did. Then, in the hill, [in front of] Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab.

And [also] for Molech, the abomination of the [people] of Ammon. [Solomon] did [similarly] for all his [foreign] wives, [who] burnt incense, & sacrificed to their gods.

The Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart [was led astray] from the Lord God of Israel, [Who] had appeared to him twice, & had [warned Solomon about] this thing, [so] he [wouldn’t] go after other gods, but [Solomon didn’t keep what] the Lord commanded.

[For this reason,] the Lord said to Solomon, [Since,] you [have] done [this,] & you haven’t kept: My covenant, [a.k.a. contract,] & My [mandates that] I have commanded you, I will surely [tear] the kingdom from you, & give it to your servant. 

[However,] for your father, [David’s] sake, I won’t [do it during your life,] but I will [tear] it out of the hand of your son. [Still,] I will not [tear] away all the kingdom, but will give 1 tribe to your son for David, My servant’s sake, & for Jerusalem’s sake, which I have chosen.

And the Lord stirred up an adversary [against] Solomon, Hadad, the Edomite. He was [from] the king’s [descendants] in Edom. 

It [happened,] when David was in Edom, & Joab, the captain of the [army had] gone up to bury the [dead,] after he had [killed] all the [men] in Edom, (for Joab had [remained] in Edom for 6 months, with all the [Israelites,] until all the [males] in Edom [were] cut off.) 

[Then,] Hadad, [some] Edomites, & his father’s servants, fled with him to Egypt, [when] Hadad was [still] a little child. They [came] out of Midian, & [went] to Paran, & took men from Paran, & [went] to Egypt, to Pharaoh, [Egypt’s] king, [who] gave him: a house, land, & appointed [food for him.] 

And Hadad found great favor in [Pharaoh’s] sight. Pharaoh gave the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to [Hadad to marry.] The sister of Tahpenes [bore Hadad] his son, Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s [palace.] 

And Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh. And when Hadad heard [while] in Egypt, that David slept with his [forefathers,] & Joab, the captain of the [army] was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me [leave, so] I may go to my own country.

Then, Pharaoh [asked,] But what have you lacked with me, [in] that you seek to go to your own country? [Hadad] answered, Nothing, [but] let me go [anyway.] The Lord [also] stirred up another adversary, Rezon, [Eliadah’s] son, [who] fled from his lord, Hadadezer, [Zobah’s] king. 

[Rezon] gathered [a group] of men to him, & became [their] captain, when David [struck down those from] Zobah. [Rezon & his group] went to Damascus, & [lived there,] & [ruled] in Damascus. 

And [Rezon] was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, [in addition to] the [trouble] Hadad [caused.] [Hadad hated] Israel, & [ruled] over Syria. And Jeroboam, [Nebat’s] son, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, [rebelled] against the king.]

[Jeroboam,] whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow. This is the [reason Jeroboam rebelled] against the king. Solomon built [Millo’s terraced retaining wall,] & repaired the [gaps in the city’s walls,] of David, his father.

And Jeroboam was a mighty man of [bravery,] & Solomon [saw] he was industrious, & made him ruler [in charge] over all of the house of Joseph. It [happened] when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet, Ahijah, the Shilonite, found him in the [road clothed] with a new garment.

[The] 2 were alone in the field. And Ahijah [grabbed] the new garment, & [tore] it [into] 12 pieces. And [Ahijah] said to Jeroboam, Take 10 pieces for [yourself, because] the Lord God of Israel [said, Look,] I will tear the kingdom [from] the hand of Solomon, & will give 10 tribes to you.

(But [Solomon] shall have 1 tribe for My servant, David’s sake, & Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) Because they have [abandoned] Me, & have worshiped: Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, & Milcom, the god of the [people] of Ammon. 

[They] haven’t walked in [My] ways, to do what is right in [My] eyes, & to keep: My [mandates,] & My judgments, [like] David, his father did. 

[However,] I won’t take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him a [ruler] all the days of his life, for David, My servant’s sake, [whom] I chose, because he kept: My commandments, & My [mandates.]

But I will take the kingdom out of [Solomon’s] son’s hand, & will give 10 tribes to you. I will give [Solomon’s] son 1 tribe, [so] David, My servant, may have a light [always] before Me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen [for] Me to put My Name there.

And I will take you, & you shall be king over Israel, & you shall [rule] according to all your [heart] desires. It shall [happen,] if you will [listen] to all I command you, & [you] walk in My ways, & do [what] is right in My sight, to keep: My [mandates,] & My commandments, [like] David, My servant, did.

I will be with you, & build you a [secure] house, [like] I built for David, & [I] will give Israel to you. I will afflict [David’s descendants,] but not forever. Solomon had [thought] to kill Jeroboam, & he fled into Egypt, & was in Egypt until [Solomon’s] death. 

Aren’t the rest of [Solomon’s actions,] & all he did, & his wisdom, written in the Book of Solomon? Solomon [ruled] in Jerusalem over all of Israel [for] 40 years. And Solomon slept with his [forefathers,] & was buried in the city of David, his father. And Rehoboam, [Solomon’s] son [ruled] in his [place.]