1 Kings 11:3–8 · BSB
11:3
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
11:4
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
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11:5
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
11:6
So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
11:7
At 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.
11:8
He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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