1 Kings 11:1
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1 Kings 11:1
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Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
1 Kings 11:2
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from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, {for} they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.
1 Kings 11:3
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He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
1 Kings 11:4
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For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not (Lit {complete with}) wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father {had been.}
1 Kings 11:5
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For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:6
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Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father {had done.}
1 Kings 11:7
1 Kings 11:8
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Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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