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1 Kings 11:5

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For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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1 Kings 11:5 in other translations

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:5 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 11:5 in context

  1. 3He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.
  2. 4When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father was.
  3. 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  4. 6Solomon did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and didn’t go fully after Yahweh, as David his father did.
  5. 7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.