1 Kings 11:8

And he acted in this manner for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and immolating to their gods.

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In The King James Version

And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

In Context

7Then Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh, the idol of Moab, on the mount that is opposite Jerusalem, and for Milcom, the idol of the sons of Ammon.

9And so, the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his mind had been turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:12And he took away the effeminate from the land. And he purged all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

Ezekiel 16:22And after all your abominations and fornications, you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and full of shame, wallowing in your own blood.

1 Corinthians 10:11Now all of these things happened to them as an example, and so they have been written for our correction, because the final age has fallen upon us.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:2-9

Solomon's Defection and Degeneracy. ( b. c. 983.) 1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and… Read the whole commentary →

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