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1 But Sh’lomo Hamelech loved nashim nokhriyyot rabbot (many foreign women), besides Bat Pharaoh: Moaviyyot, Ammoniyyot, Adomiyyot, Tzedeniyyot, Chittiyyot,
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Of the Goyim concerning which Hashem said unto the Bnei Yisroel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you; for surely they will turn away your levav after their elohim; Sh’lomo made his deveykus unto these in love.
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And he had nashim sarot sheva me’ot (seven hundred royal wives), and three hundred pilagshim; and his nashim inclined libo (his heart).
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For it came to pass, when Sh’lomo was old, that his nashim inclined libo (his heart) after elohim acherim and levavo (his heart) was not shalem (undivided, fully devoted, complete) with Hashem Elohav, as was the levav Dovid Aviv.
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For Sh’lomo went after Ashtoret elohei Tzidonim, and after Milcom shikkutz (the abomination of) Ammonim.
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And Sh’lomo did the rah in the sight of Hashem, and went not fully after Hashem, as did Dovid Aviv.
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Then did Sh’lomo build a high place for Kemosh, the shikkutz (abomination of) Moav, on the har (hill, i.e., Mount of Olives) that is facing Yerushalayim, and for Molech, the shikkutz (abomination of) the Bnei Ammon.
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And likewise did he for all his nashim nokhriyyot, which burned ketoret and offered zevakhim unto their elohim.
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And Hashem was angry with Sh’lomo, because levavo was turned from Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who had appeared unto him twice,
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And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after elohim acherim; but he was not shomer over that which Hashem commanded.
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Wherefore Hashem said unto Sh’lomo, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not been shomer over My Brit (Covenant, Sinai Covenant) and My chukkot, which I have commanded thee, I will surely tear away the Mamlachah from thee, and will give it to thy eved (servant, that is, Yarov’am ben Nevat, see v. 26).
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Notwithstanding in thy yamim I will not do it lema’an (for the sake of) Dovid Avicha; but I will tear it out of the yad binecha (power of thy son).
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Howbeit I will not tear away kol hamamlachah; but will give shevet echad (one tribe) to binecha le’ma’an Dovid Avdi and lema’an Yerushalayim which I have chosen.