³ He had seven hundred wives who were from royal families and three hundred ·slave women who gave birth to his children [concubines; ^Ca secondary wife of lower status than a primary wife, but higher than a common servant]. His wives ·caused him to turn away from God [led him astray; ^Lturned his heart away]. ⁴ As Solomon grew old, his wives ·caused him to follow [led him astray after; ^Lturned his heart away after] other gods. ·He did not follow the Lord completely [^LHis heart was not wholly devoted/faithful to the Lord his God] as ·his father David had done [the heart of his father David had been]. ⁵ Solomon ·worshiped [followed; went after] Ashtoreth, the goddess of the people of Sidon, and ·Molech [^LMilcom], the ·hated [detestable] god of the Ammonites.