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Now king Shlomo loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Par`oh, women of the Mo`avim, `Ammonim, Edom, Tzidonim, and Hitti;
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of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Yisra'el, You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Shlomo joined to these in love.
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He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
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For it happened, when Shlomo 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.
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For Shlomo went after `Ashoret the goddess of the Tzidonim, and after Milkom the abomination of the `Ammonim.
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Shlomo did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and didn't go fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
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Then did Shlomo build a high place for Kemosh the abomination of Mo'av, on the mountain that is before Yerushalayim, and for Molekh the abomination of the children of `Ammon.
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So did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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The LORD was angry with Shlomo, because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, who had appeared to him twice,
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and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he didn't keep that which the LORD commanded.