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A Gradual Drift, Not a Hard Break
Commentators explain that Solomon's apostasy was not a sudden rejection of God but a gradual drift. He continued to worship at the Temple, but his heart was no longer 'perfect' or wholly devoted. Influenced by his wives and his own pride, he adopted a syncretistic approach, attempting to blend the worship of Yahweh with pagan religions, a practice God condemns.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 11:4
18th Century
Theologian
About fifty or fifty-five. Based on his age when he took the throne (see note on 1 Kings 2:2), he could not have been more than about s…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 11:1–8
19th Century
Bishop
Solomon's falling away is distinctly traced to his polygamy, contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is also attributed to Da…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 11:4
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass, when Solomon was old
Toward the latter end of his reign, when he might be near sixty years of a…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 11:1–8
17th Century
Minister
There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human depravity in the sacred Scriptures than the one recorded here. Solomon became a pu…