1 Kings 11:6

And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

In Context

5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites.

7Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestation of the children of Ammon.

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Cross References

Joshua 14:8Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

1 Kings 3:3And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father; only he sacrificed and offered in the high places.

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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