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And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.
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And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.
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But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites.
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And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.
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Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos, the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch, the idol of the children of Ammon.
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And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.
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And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his mind was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice;
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And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not follow strange gods: but he kept not the things which the Lord commanded him.
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The Lord therefore said to Solomon: Because thou hast done this, and hast not kept my covenant, and my precepts, which I have commanded thee, I will divide and rend thy kingdom, and will give it to thy servant.
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Nevertheless, in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
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Neither will I take away the whole kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.