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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1 Kings 11:9 in context
1 Kings 11:6–12
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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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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.
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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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Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it out of your son’s hand.
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