SECTION A: THEMES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT (a) However, I will not tear away all...

Explanation

A. REASONS FOR THE PRONOUNCEMENT (1 KINGS 11:1-13)

i. When Solomon had established himself as King of lsrael after his father David, he started loving many foreign women of whom God had warned him not to marry.

ii. Those women included the daughter of Pharaoh and Moabite, Edomite, Sidonian and Hittite Women.

iii. The reason was that they would surely turn away his heart after their gods.

iv. Thus, during the latter part of Solomon's reign, his heart turned away from God who had appeared to him twice.

V. This came about because he married many foreign wives against God's will.

vi, He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines and these women-led him astray.

vii. Solomon built high places for the gods of his foreign wives who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods there,

viii, He built high places for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, Molech the abomination. of Ammon,

ix, God was angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the God of Israel.

x. His marriage of foreign wives also led to the adulteration of the worship of Yahweh.

xi. God was not pleased with Solomon, because he did not follow Him wholeheartedly as his father, David did.

xi. God, therefore, decided to divide the Davidic Kingdom of Israel into two after the death of Solomon.

xiii. The Lord said to Solomon "Since this has been your mind and you have not kept my Covenant and status which l have commanded you, I will surely tear the Kíngdom from you and give it to your servant".

xiv. One tribe (Judah) was to be retained for the sake of David and for the sake of Jerusalem which Yahweh had chosen.

Xv. Solomon who had previously been devoted to God backslid from the worship of God/His wives turned away his heart after other gods.

xvi. Solomon was however assured that for the sake of his father David, the prophecy would not happen during his days but during the days of his son.