1 Kings 11:4

And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon, that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

In Context

5Then Solomon built a high place to Chamos the idol of Moab, and to their king the + 11:5 See Heb.idol of the children of Ammon,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

Deuteronomy 17:17And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart + 17:17 Gr. change.turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

1 Kings 6:1d In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this is the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.

1 Kings 8:61And let our hearts be perfect toward the Lord our God, to walk also holily in his ordinances, and to keep his commandments, + 8:61 Gr. as this day is.as at this day.

1 Kings 9:10During twenty years in which Solomon was building the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

1 Kings 11:6and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians.

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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