1 Kings 11:1-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

Solomon’s Sin and God’s Judgment

11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter, including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. ² They came from the nations about which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You must not enter into marriage with them, and they must not enter into marriage with you, or they will turn your hearts after other gods.” Solomon clung to them in love. ³ He had seven hundred wives who held the rank of princess and three hundred concubines. So they turned his heart away.

⁴ When Solomon became old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord as the heart of his father David had been. ⁵ Then Solomon followed Ashtarte, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the detestable god of the Ammonites. ⁶ So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not devote himself to the Lord as his father David had done. ⁷ Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, on the hill east of Jerusalem and for Molek,^[a] the detestable god of the Ammonites. ⁸ He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and making sacrifices to their gods.