Lièwángjìshang 11:5

5 Yīnwei Suǒluómén suícóng Xīdùn rén de nǚ shén Yàsītālù hé Yàmén rén kĕ zēng de shén mǐ lè gōng .

Lièwángjìshang 11:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:5

And Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,
&c.] Enticed by the Zidonian women, or woman, he had, ( 1 Kings 11:1 ) . According to the Phoenician histories ^F9, Solomon married a daughter of Hiram, king of Tyre and Zidon; so Clemens of Alexandria says ^F11, that Hiram gave his daughter to Solomon; Ashtoreth is Astarte, the same with the Venus of the Greeks, so Suidas ^F12; and Lucian ^F13 expressly says, the Sidonians had a temple, said by them to belong to Astarte, which he takes to be the moon; and both Venus and Juno signify the same planet; (See Gill on Judges 2:13)

and after Milcom the abomination of the Amnonites;
the same with Molech, ( 1 Kings 11:7 ) . (See Gill on Leviticus 18:21). (See Gill on Amos 1:13). After this he was drawn by his Ammonitish wife, or wives, ( 1 Kings 11:1 ) , though the Jewish writers think he did not worship these idols, but suffered his wives to do it, and connived at it, which was his sin; so Ben Gersom and Abarbinel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Apud Tatian. contr. Graecos, p. 171.
F11 Stromat. l. 1. p. 325.
F12 In voce (Astarth) .
F13 De Dea Syria.

Lièwángjìshang 11:5 In-Context

3 Suǒluómén yǒu fēi qī bǎi , dōu shì gōng zhǔ . hái yǒu pín sān bǎi . zhèxie fēi pín yòuhuò tāde xīn .

4 Suǒluómén nián lǎo de shíhou , tāde fēi pín yòuhuò tāde xīn qù suícóng bié shén , bù xiàofǎ tā fùqin Dàwèi chéng chéngshí shí de shùnfú Yēhéhuá tāde shén .

5 Yīnwei Suǒluómén suícóng Xīdùn rén de nǚ shén Yàsītālù hé Yàmén rén kĕ zēng de shén mǐ lè gōng .

6 Suǒluómén xíng Yēhéhuá yǎn zhōng kàn wéi è de shì , bù xiàofǎ tā fùqin Dàwèi zhuān xīn shùncóng Yēhéhuá .

7 Suǒluómén wèi Móyē kĕ zēng de shén jī mò hé Yàmén rén kĕ zēng de shén mó luò , zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng duìmiàn de shān shàng jiànzhù qiū tán .