Geneva Bible Notes (1560)1 Kings 11

^{1 !} Salomon hathe a thousand wiues and concubines, which bring him to idolatrie.

^{1 a} Which were idolaters.

^{3 /} Or, quenes.

^{3 b} To whome apperteined no dowry.

^{4 c} He serued not God with a pure heart.

^{5 d} Who was also called Molech {vers 7} read {2 King. 23,10}

^{7 e} Thus the Scripture temeth, whatsoeuer man doeth reverence and serue as God

^{11 f} That thou hast forsaken me & worshiped idoles.

^{13 g} Because the tribes of Judah & Benjamin had their possessions mixed, thei are here taken as one tribe.

^{14 !} His God raiseth vp aduersaries against him.

^{14 h} Of the King of Edoms stocke.

^{15 i} Of the Edomites.

^{17 k} Thus God reserued this idolater to be a scourge to punishe his peoples sinnes.

^{19 l} God broght him to honour that his power might be more able to compasse his enterprises against Salomons house.

^{23 m} When Dauid had discomfited Hadadezer & his armie.

^{24 n} To wit, the men, whome he had gathered vnto him.

^{28 o} He was ouer seer of Salomons workes for the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh.

^{30 p} By these visible signes the Prophetes wolde more depely printe their message in their hearts, to whome thei were sent.

^{33 /} Or, to do that that pleaseth me.

^{36 q} He hathe respect vnto the Messiah, which shulde be the bright starre that shulde shine through all the worlde.

^{37 /} Ebr. in all that thy soule.

^{39 r} For this idolatrie that Salomon hathe committed.

^{39 s} For the whole spiritual kingdome was restored in Messiah.

^{41 t} Which boke, as is thoght, was lost in their captiuitie.

^{43 !} He dyeth.