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1 Kings 11:4-8

1 Kings 11:4

For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been.

1 Kings 11:5

For Solomon became a follower of Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and of Milcom the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:6

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.

1 Kings 11:7

Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon.

1 Kings 11:8

He also did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.