Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 11:11
Wherefore the LORD 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.
11. the Lord said unto Solomon ] The message was perhaps by the mouth of one of the Prophets. The visions vouchsafed to Solomon had been in the time of his obedience.
Forasmuch as this is done of thee ] Literally ‘this is with thee.’ This is not an unusual form of expression for the plan or course of action which any one has adopted. Cf. Job 10:13, ‘And these things hast thou hid in thine heart, I know that this is with thee.’ See also Job 9:35 and margin of A. V.
I will surely rend ] The same verb is used of the symbolical action of Ahijah (see below, 1Ki 11:30), by which this tearing away of the greater part of the kingdom was typified.
to thy servant ] For the position occupied by Jeroboam, see below, 1Ki 11:28.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 11. Forasmuch as this is done of thee] Was not this another warning from the Lord? And might not Solomon have yet recovered himself? Was there not mercy in this message which he might have sought and found?
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The Lord said unto Solomon; either by suggestion to his mind, or by appearance to him in a terrible manner, or by the prophet Ahijah, of whom 1Ki 11:29.
I will surely rend; I will violently take away. The word in the Hebrew is doubled, for the greater assurance of the thing.
To thy servant; to one of thy servants and subjects, which was Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:26, &c.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon,…. Not in a vision, as before, but by a prophet; the Jews say n, Ahijah the Shilonite, which is probable, see 1Ki 11:29
forasmuch as this is done of thee, that thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded thee; but broke them by his idolatry:
I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and I will give it to thy servant; meaning Jeroboam, who was not only a subject, but in office under him, 1Ki 11:26.
n Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. p. 53. Kimchi in loc.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
11. The Lord said unto Solomon Probably by the ministry of Ahijah the Shilonite. 1Ki 11:29.
Thy servant Jeroboam the son of Nebat. See 1Ki 11:26-40.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 11:11 Wherefore the LORD 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.
Ver. 11. Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon. ] He said it, and he did: though Solomon repented, yet since the decree was come forth, it was accomplished. Repentance may come too late in respect of temporal judgments.
I will surely rend the kingdom.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
will surely rend = a rending I will rend. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. See note on Gen 26:28. Gen 26:13
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
is done of thee: Heb. is with thee
thou hast not: Isa 29:13, Isa 29:14
I will surely: 1Ki 11:31, 1Ki 12:15, 1Ki 12:16, 1Ki 12:20, Num 14:23, Num 14:35, 1Sa 2:30-32, 1Sa 13:13, 1Sa 13:14, 1Sa 15:26-28, 2Sa 12:9-12
Reciprocal: 1Ki 11:13 – for David 1Ki 11:26 – Jeroboam 2Ki 17:21 – For he rent 2Ch 21:16 – the Lord Ecc 2:18 – I should
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 11:11-13. Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon Probably by some prophet. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and give it to thy servant Namely, Jeroboam, whom God permitted to rise into power and influence, that he might take the greatest part of his kingdom from him. This was enough to astonish Solomon, or any man, to hear that all his splendour should be so soon eclipsed! Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it Or, not suffer it to be done; for in this sense these expressions are to be taken. For David thy fathers sake For my promise made to him. But will give one tribe to thy son The tribe of Judah. Benjamin was not entirely his, but part of it adhered to Jeroboam, as Beth-el, 1Ki 12:29; and Hephron, 2Ch 13:19; both which were towns of Benjamin. For David my servants sake Who, though he was guilty of great sins, yet never forsook God to follow the abominations of idols; nor ever swerved long from Gods commandments, but made haste to repent and amend his ways, whenever he offended. And for Jerusalems sake which I have chosen Not literally, for the sake of the city Jerusalem, but for the great and precious purposes to mankind in general, which God intended to bring about, in his divine providence, by keeping up the knowledge of himself at Jerusalem.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as {f} 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.
(f) That you have forsaken me and worshipped idols.