1 Kings 11:8

and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Then doth Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

9And Jehovah sheweth Himself angry with Solomon, for his heart hath turned aside from Jehovah, God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:12and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;

Ezekiel 16:22And with all thine abominations and thy whoredoms, Thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, When thou wast naked and bare, Trodden down in thy blood thou wast!

1 Corinthians 10:11And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did 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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