For Solomon became a follower of (A)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and of [a](B)Milcom the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as his father David had done. Then Solomon built a high place for (C)Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is [b]east of Jerusalem, and for (D)Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:5 In Jer 49:1, 3, Malcam
  2. 1 Kings 11:7 Lit before

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