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He had seven hundred wives who held the rank of princess and three hundred concubines. So they turned his heart away.

When Solomon became old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord as the heart of his father David had been. Then Solomon followed Ashtarte, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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