Solomon did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and didn’t go fully after the LORD, as David his father did.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 11:6 in context
1 Kings 11:3–9
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He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.
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When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father was.
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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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Solomon did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and didn’t go fully after the LORD, as David his father did.
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Then 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.
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So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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The LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
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