1 Kings 11:8
6 So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
7 At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
9 Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
10 Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- KJV
- And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
- WEB
- So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- ASV
- And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
- DARBY
- And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- BLB
- And likewise he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- ÅB
- Og det samme gjorde han for alle sine fremmede hustruer, som brant røkelse og ofret til sine guder.
- OTB
- Han gjorde det samme for alle sine utenlandske hustruer, som brente røkelse og ofret til deres guder.
- B1930
- Og det samme gjorde han for alle sine fremmede hustruer, som brente røkelse og ofret til sine guder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:22–29
And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.
Read in contextHosea 4:11–12
Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:11–12
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:20–22
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
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