1 Kings 11:8

8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and offering sacrifices to their gods.

1 Kings 11:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:8

And likewise did he for all his strange wives
That is, built high places for their idols, or suffered them to be built; for when he had done it for one, he could not refuse it to another, without greatly disobliging them; even for as many of them,

which burnt incense, and sacrificed unto their gods;
the gods of the countries from whence they came, and in the worship of which they had been brought up: this shows that the best and wisest of men, when left to themselves, may do the worst and most foolish of all things; as nothing can be more so than the worship of such wretched deities.

1 Kings 11:8 In-Context

6 Solomon did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and unlike his father David, he did not completely follow the Lord.

7 At that time, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites on the hill across from Jerusalem.

8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and offering sacrifices to their gods.

9 The Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

10 He had commanded him about this, so that he would not follow other gods, but Solomon did not do what the Lord had commanded.