For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away [a]to follow other gods; and (A)his heart was not [b]wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been. For Solomon became a follower of (B)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and of [c](C)Milcom the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as his father David had done.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit after other
  2. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit complete with
  3. 1 Kings 11:5 In Jer 49:1, 3, Malcam

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