1 Kings 11:1–8

Solomon’s Unfaithfulness to God

11King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: ^dMoabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women ^e2from the nations that the Lord had told the Israelites about, “Do not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they will turn you away from Me to their gods.” ^fSolomon was deeply attached to these women and loved them. ³He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, ^gand they turned his heart away from the Lord. ^h

⁴When Solomon was old, his wives seduced him to follow other gods. He was not completely devoted to Yahweh his God, as his father David had been. ⁱ⁵Solomon followed Ashtoreth, ^jthe goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, ^kthe detestable idol of the Ammonites. ^l6Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, and unlike his father David, he did not completely follow Yahweh.

⁷At that time, Solomon built a high place ^mfor Chemosh, ⁿthe detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, ^opthe detestable idol of the Ammonites, on the hill across from Jerusalem. ^q8He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and offering sacrifices to their gods.