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1 Kings 11:6

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Solomon did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and didn’t go fully after Yahweh, as David his father did.

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1 Kings 11:6 in other translations

And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.

1 Kings 11:6 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 11:6 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  3. 6Solomon did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and didn’t go fully after Yahweh, as David his father did.
  4. 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.
  5. 8So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.