1 Kings 11:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה בִּשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה לְבָב֗וֹ מֵעִ֤ם יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַנִּרְאָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו פַּעֲמָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyitʾannap YHWH with-Shelomoh because-nāṭāh his-leḇāḇō from-with YHWH ʾĕlōhēy Yisrāʾēl the-nirʾāh to-him paʿămāyim.

Grammar Details

*wayyitʾannap*: verb, hithpael imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he became angry
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*Shelomoh*: proper noun, masculine - Solomon
*nāṭāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - turned away/inclined
*leḇāḇō*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his heart
*ʾĕlōhēy*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - God of
*Yisrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*nirʾāh*: article + verb, niphal participle, masculine, singular - the one appearing/who had appeared
*paʿămāyim*: noun, feminine, dual - twice/two times

Word Meanings

*wayyitʾannap*: became angry/was incensed
*nāṭāh*: turned away/inclined/departed
*nirʾāh*: appearing/revealing himself/becoming visible

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 3:5 : 5 In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
1 Kgs 9:2 : 2 that Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
1 Kgs 11:2-4 : 2 of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
1 Chr 21:7 : 7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Ps 78:58-60 : 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 59 When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel; 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
Ps 90:7-8 : 7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Isa 29:13-14 : 13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them]; 14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Hos 4:11 : 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
2 Tim 4:10 : 10 for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
Exod 4:14 : 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
Num 12:9 : 9 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them; and he departed.
Deut 3:26 : 26 But Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Deut 7:4 : 4 For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
Deut 9:8 : 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.
Deut 9:20 : 20 And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
2 Sam 6:7 : 7 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
2 Sam 11:27 : 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 11:10-11
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10and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which Jehovah commanded.
11Wherefore Jehovah said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
1 Kgs 11:1-8
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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 Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah 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.
6And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
7Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
1 Kgs 9:1-3
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1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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3And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Judg 2:20
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20And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
1 Kgs 9:10
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10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
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11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
2 Kgs 23:26
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26Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had provoked him.
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26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
1 Kgs 14:9
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9but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
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7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
2 Chr 1:7-8
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7In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
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Deut 29:27
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2Jehovah was sore displeased with your fathers.
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9And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them; and he departed.
1 Chr 28:9
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12And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
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19And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
1 Kgs 3:3-4
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3And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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1 Kgs 16:26
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26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
2 Kgs 17:18
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18Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
2 Chr 29:10
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10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
Ps 78:21
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1 Kgs 11:31
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1 Kgs 2:23
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23Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.
Jonah 4:1
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1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
1 Kgs 15:30
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30for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation wherewith he provoked Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger.
1 Kgs 10:9
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1 Chr 22:6
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6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.
1 Kgs 3:15
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15And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
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12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
2 Chr 1:11
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11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
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