1 Kings 11:4
For when Salomon was olde, his wiues turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.
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Exodus 20:3Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.
Deuteronomy 17:17Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather him much siluer and golde.
1 Kings 6:1And in the foure hundreth and foure score yeere (after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt) and in the fourth yere of the reigne of Salomon ouer Israel, in the moneth Zif, (which is the second moneth) he built the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 8:61Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lord our God to walke in his statutes, and to keepe his commandements, as this day.
1 Kings 9:10And at the ende of twentie yeeres, when Salomon had buylded the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the Kings palace,
1 Kings 11:6So Salomon wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lord, but continued not to follow the Lord, as did Dauid 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 →