1 Kings 11:40

KJV1611 – Modern English

Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Solomon{H8010} sought{H1245} therefore to kill{H4191} Jeroboam;{H3379} but Jeroboam{H3379} arose,{H6965} and fled{H1272} into Egypt,{H4714} unto Shishak{H7895} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and was in Egypt{H4714} until the death{H4194} of Solomon.{H8010}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Solomon{H8010} sought{H1245}{(H8762)} therefore to kill{H4191}{(H8687)} Jeroboam{H3379}. And Jeroboam{H3379} arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and fled{H1272}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}, unto Shishak{H7895} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}, and was in Egypt{H4714} until the death{H4194} of Solomon{H8010}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But Salomon soughte to kyll Ieroboam. Then Ieroboam gat him vp, and fled in to Egipte to Sisak the kynge of Egipte, and remayned in Egipte, tyll Salomon dyed.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Salomon sought therefore to kill Ieroboam, and Ieroboam arose, and fled into Egypt vnto Shishak King of Egypt, and was in Egypt vntil the death of Salomon.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Solomon sought therfore to kil Ieroboam, and Ieroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, vnto Sisac king of Egypt, and continued there in Egypt vntill the death of Solomon.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Solomon seeketh to put Jeroboam to death, and Jeroboam riseth and fleeth to Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and he is in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 12:2-9 : 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3 With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and the people who came with him out of Egypt were without number, the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 5 Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah, who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak. 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, The LORD is righteous. 7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took all; he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
  • 2 Chr 16:10 : 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Isa 14:24-27 : 24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so it will come to pass; and as I have purposed, so it will stand: 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him underfoot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not commanded it?
  • 1 Kgs 14:25-26 : 25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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  • 2 Chr 10:1-3
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    1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

    2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, heard it, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

    3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3
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    1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

    2 And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, heard of it (for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt),

    3 that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 11:41-43
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    41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

    42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

    43 And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 14:25-26
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    25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

    26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • 1 Kgs 11:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, even he raised his hand against the king.

    27 And this was the cause that he raised his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaks in the city of David his father.

    28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the work of the house of Joseph.

  • 1 Kgs 14:19-20
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    19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

    20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years: and he rested with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 9:29-31
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    29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

    30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

    31 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 13:6
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    6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, has risen up and has rebelled against his lord.

  • 2 Chr 12:2
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    2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,

  • 1 Kgs 2:46
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    46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down and he died. And the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.

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    41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come back.

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    26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom shall return to the house of David.

    27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
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    25 And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him and he died.

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    20 Jeroboam did not regain strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

  • 2 Chr 12:9
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    9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took all; he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • 1 Kgs 14:2
    70%

    2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I ask you, and disguise yourself, so that you are not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I should be king over this people.

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
    70%

    34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
    69%

    20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21
    69%

    21 For he ripped Israel from the house of David; they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin.

  • 1 Kgs 14:16-17
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    16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel to sin.

    17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    69%

    3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    69%

    13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:39
    69%

    39 And I will for this afflict the offspring of David, but not forever.

  • 2 Kgs 14:28-29
    2 verses
    69%

    28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

    29 And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 14:14
    69%

    14 Moreover the LORD shall raise up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

  • 1 Kgs 14:30
    69%

    30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

  • 1 Kgs 2:29
    68%

    29 And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.

  • 1 Kgs 15:6
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    6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

  • 2 Chr 9:26
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    26 He reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 11:31
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    31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces: for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
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    15 So the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was of God, that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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    29 It came to pass, as soon as he reigned, that he struck all the house of Jeroboam; he left to Jeroboam none that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

    30 because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and made Israel to sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

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    21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt;

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    11 Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, Because this has been done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

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