1 Kings 11:6

6 So Solomon did what the LORD considered evil. He did not wholeheartedly follow the LORD as his father David had done.

1 Kings 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:6

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord
As idolatry is, nothing more provoking to him:

and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father;
for though he did not relinquish the worship of the true God, and the service of the temple, yet inasmuch as he worshipped other gods besides, or connived at the worship of them, he did not wholly, and constantly, and solely serve the Lord, as his father did.

1 Kings 11:6 In-Context

4 In his old age, his wives tempted him to follow other gods. He was no longer committed to the LORD his God as his father David had been.

5 Solomon followed Astarte (the goddess of the Sidonians) and Milcom (the disgusting idol of the Ammonites).

6 So Solomon did what the LORD considered evil. He did not wholeheartedly follow the LORD as his father David had done.

7 Then Solomon built an illegal worship site on the hill east of Jerusalem for Chemosh (the disgusting idol of Moab) and for Molech (the disgusting idol of the Ammonites).

8 He did these things for each of his foreign wives who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.