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1 Kings 11:6

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6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.
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1 Kings 11:6 in Other Translations

KJV
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
ESV
6 So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not wholly follow the LORD, as David his father had done.
NLT
6 In this way, Solomon did what was evil in the LORD ’s sight; he refused to follow the LORD completely, as his father, David, had done.
MSG
6 Solomon openly defied God; he did not follow in his father David's footsteps.
CSB
6 Solomon did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and unlike his father David, he did not completely follow the Lord.

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 11:6 In-Context

4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
5 He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.
7 On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 4:25
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