1 Kings 11:5-8

5 For Solomon went after 1Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after 2Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.
6 Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father had done.
7 Then Solomon built a high place for 3Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east * of Jerusalem, and for 4Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.
8 Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

1 Kings 11:5-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 11

This chapter relates the false steps Solomon took, notwithstanding all his wisdom, in marrying strange wives, and worshipping other gods, 1Ki 11:1-8 upon which the Lord threatens him to rend the kingdom in his son's time, 1Ki 11:9-13 and he raised up adversaries against him, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:14-26 of which last an account is given, and of his being assured by Ahijah the prophet of his having ten of the tribes of Israel given to him; which Solomon having notice of sought to slay him, 1Ki 11:27-40 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Solomon's death and burial, 1Ki 11:41-43.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Judges 2:13; Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:3, 4
  • 2. 1 Kings 11:7
  • 3. Numbers 21:29; Judges 11:24; 2 Kings 23:13
  • 4. Leviticus 20:2-5; 2 Kings 23:10; Acts 7:43

Footnotes 2

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