"And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice," — God's *anger* (*va-yiqtzof YHVH el-Shlomoh*) is provoked. The phrase *asher nir'ah elav pa'amayim* (who had appeared to him twice) refers to the *Gibeon theophany* and the *temple dedication theophany*. The *divine encounters* should have *secured Solomon's loyalty*, yet they did not. The *repeated divine interventions* make Solomon's *apostasy* all the more *egregious*.

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