6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
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But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)This is a sad story, and very surprising, of Solomon’s defection and degeneracy. I. Let us enquire into the occasions and particulars of it. Shall Solomon fall, that was the beauty of Israel, and so great a blessing of his generation? Yes, it is too true, and the scripture is faithful in relating it, and repeating it, and referring to it long after, Neh. 13:26. There was no king like Solomon who w…
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