1 Kings 10:26-11:8

New International Version

²⁶ Solomon accumulated chariots and horses;^(A) he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,^[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. ²⁷ The king made silver as common^(B) in Jerusalem as stones,^(C) and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig^(D) trees in the foothills. ²⁸ Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue^[b]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. ²⁹ They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.^[c] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites^(E) and of the Arameans.

Solomon’s Wives

11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women^(F) besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites,^(G) Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. ² They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry^(H) with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. ³ He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,^(I) and his wives led him astray.^{(J) 4} As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,^(K) and his heart was not fully devoted^(L) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. ⁵ He followed Ashtoreth^(M) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek^(N) the detestable god of the Ammonites. ⁶ So Solomon did evil^(O) in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.

⁷ On a hill east^(P) of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh^(Q) the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek^(R) the detestable god of the Ammonites. ⁸ He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.