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Solomon went after Ashtoreth the god of the Sidonians and after Molech the abhorrence of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the eyes of Yahweh and did not fully follow after Yahweh as David his father. At that time, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the mountain which faces[a] Jerusalem and for Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:7 Literally “was on the face of”
  2. 1 Kings 11:7 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”