1 Kings 11:4
“For it came to passe when Solomon was old, that his wiues turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.”
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1 Kings 11:4 Context
2Of the nations concerning which the Lord said vnto the children of Israel, Yee shall not goe in to them, neither shall they come in vnto you, for surely they will turne away your heart after their gods: Solomon claue vnto these in loue. 3And he had seuen hundred wiues, Princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wiues turned away his heart. 4For it came to passe when Solomon was old, that his wiues turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father. 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddesse of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Amorites. 6And Solomon did euill in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did Dauid his father.
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For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.
- King James Version
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father {had been.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)