1 Kings 11:4
And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5But Solomon worshipped Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch the idol of the ammonites.
Cross References
Exodus 20:3Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.
Deuteronomy 17:17He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.
1 Kings 6:1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio (the same is the second month), he began to build a house to the Lord.
1 Kings 8:61Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord our God, that we may walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments, as at this day.
1 Kings 9:10And when twenty years were ended after Solomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,
1 Kings 11:6And Solomon did that which was net pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David his father.
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 →