Douay-Rheims Bible: 3 Kings — Introduction, Chapter Summaries and Notes by Richard Challoner

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Chapter 11

SummarySolomon by means of his wives falleth into idolatry: God raiseth him adversaries, Adad, Razon, and Jeroboam: Solomon dieth.

[11:13] One tribe. . .Besides that ofjuda, his own native tribe.

[11:13] One tribe. . . Besides that of Juda, his own native tribe.

[11:41] The book of the words, etc. . . This book is lost, with divers others mentioned in holy writ.

[11:43] Solomon slept, etc. . . That is, died. He was then about fifty-eight years of age, having reigned forty years.