(A)He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and (B)his heart was not [a]wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. For Solomon went after (C)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after [b](D)Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit complete with
  2. 1 Kings 11:5 In Jer 49:1, 3, Malcam