1 Kings 11:9

9-12. the Lord was angry with Solomon—The divine appearance, first at Gibeon [ :-], and then at Jerusalem [ :-], after the dedication of the temple, with the warnings given him on both occasions [1 Kings 3:11-14; 1 Kings 9:3-9], had left Solomon inexcusable; and it was proper and necessary that on one who had been so signally favored with the gifts of Heaven, but who had grossly abused them, a terrible judgment should fall. The divine sentence was announced to him probably by Ahijah; but there was mercy mingled with judgment, in the circumstance, that it should not be inflicted on Solomon personally—and that a remnant of the kingdom should be spared—"for David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which had been chosen" to put God's name there; not from a partial bias in favor of either, but that the divine promise might stand ( :-).