1 Kings 11:8

He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.

9Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Ezekiel 16:22And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.

1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

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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