The Meaning of 1 Kings 11:8 Explained

1 Kings 11:8

KJV: And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

YLT: and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.

Darby: And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

ASV: And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

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What is the context of 1 Kings 11:8?

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And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

What does 1 Kings 11:8 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 11:1-13 - A Heart Turned Away From God

The practice of mixed marriages was in direct violation of the divine Law, Deuteronomy 7:3-4, and it led to idolatry. All around the Holy City arose heathen temples. It seems almost incredible that Solomon should have lent himself to such unblushing patronage of idolatry. His sin was aggravated by the great privileges he had enjoyed, 1 Kings 11:9, and there was no escape from chastisement, 2 Samuel 7:14. The more privileged we are, the more disastrous our fall, and the more inevitable the penalty. If God loved us less, He might be more sparing of the rod. We are often punished with the rod of men, that is, we suffer at their hands; but God does not cease to love us. The father will listen at the door of the room of the child whom he has been compelled to chastise to detect the first sign of broken-hearted grief.

It is sad to witness the break-up of a noble ship. Listen to the boom of the successive waves: "His heart was not perfect""¦ "Did that which was evil""¦ "The Lord was angry""¦ "Behold, I will rend the kingdom." But out of loving regard to David's memory, one tribe was left. See 1 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 11:38-39. Your children's children will benefit as the result of your consecrated life. God will not forget.

1 Kings 11:1-43 - Breaking Three Commandments

From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.

Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 11

¹ Solomon's wives and concubines
⁴ In his old age they draw him to idolatry
⁹ God threatens him,
¹⁴ Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt
²³ Rezon, who reigned in Damascus
²⁶ And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied
⁴¹ Solomon's acts, reign, and death Rehoboam succeeds him

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 11:8 mean?

And likewise he did for all his wives foreign who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods

וְכֵ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לְכָל־ נָשָׁ֖יו הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת מַקְטִיר֥וֹת וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן

וְכֵ֣ן	And likewise
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb Root: כֵּן Sense: so, therefore, thus.
עָשָׂ֔ה	he did
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְכָל־	for all
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
נָשָׁ֖יו	his wives
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת	foreign
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine plural Root: נָכְרִי Sense: foreign, alien.
מַקְטִיר֥וֹת	who burned incense
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, feminine plural Root: מֻקְטָר Sense: .
וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת	and sacrificed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Participle, feminine plural Root: זָבַח Sense: to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice.
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן	to their gods
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).

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