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.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
5and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians.
Cross References
Exodus 20:3You shall 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 6:1And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month + 6:1 Gr. of Solomon reigning. of the reign of king Solomon over Israel, + 6:1
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 11:6-8 And thus he acted towards all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their idols.
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 →