OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 8

1 Kings 11:8

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So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

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1 Kings 11:5–11

5

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

6

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

7

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.

9

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,

10

and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he didn’t keep that which the LORD commanded.

11

Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, “Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

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