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1 Kings 11:4

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2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

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BSB
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
KJV
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
WEB
When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father was.
ASV
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
DARBY
And it came to pass when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
BLB
And it was, at the time of the old age of Solomon, that his wives stretched his heart after other gods, and his heart was not loyal to YHWH his God like the heart of David his father.
ÅB
Og da Salomo ble gammel, vendte hustruene hans hjerte til andre guder, og hans hjerte var ikke helt med Herren hans Gud, slik som hans far Davids hjerte hadde vært.
OTB
For da Salomo ble gammel, ledet hans hustruer hans hjerte bort etter andre guder; og hans hjerte var ikke helt viet til Herren hans Gud, slik som hans far Davids hjerte hadde vært.
B1930
Og da Salomo blev gammel, vendte hustruene hans hjerte til andre guder, og hans hjerte var ikke helt med Herren hans Gud, således som hans far Davids hjerte hadde vært.

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  • 1 Kings 9:4

    And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

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  • 1 Kings 8:61

    Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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  • 1 Kings 11:6

    And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:3

    And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

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  • Deuteronomy 17:17

    Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

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  • 1 Kings 11:2

    Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:2

    And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

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