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But King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites--
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from the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, "Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon cleaved unto these in love.
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And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
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For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
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For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
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Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
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And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
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And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice
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and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.