1 Reyes 11:5

5 Salomón rindió culto a Astoret, la diosa de los sidonios, y a Moloc,
el detestable dios de los amonitas.

1 Reyes 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.

1 Reyes 11:5 In-Context

3 En total, tuvo setecientas esposas de cuna real y trescientas concubinas. En efecto, ellas apartaron su corazón del Señor
.

4 Cuando Salomón ya era anciano, ellas le desviaron el corazón para que rindiera culto a otros dioses en lugar de ser totalmente fiel al Señor
su Dios, como lo había sido David su padre.

5 Salomón rindió culto a Astoret, la diosa de los sidonios, y a Moloc,
el detestable dios de los amonitas.

6 De ese modo, Salomón hizo lo malo a los ojos del Señor
; se negó a seguir al Señor
en forma total y absoluta, como lo había hecho David, su padre.

7 Incluso construyó un santuario pagano para Quemos, el detestable dios de Moab, y otro para Moloc, el detestable dios de los amonitas, en el monte de los Olivos al oriente de Jerusalén.