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But king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;
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Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon cleaved to 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 Zidonians, 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, in 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 burnt incense and sacrificed to 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 to him twice,