1Kings:11:1-13

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* And king Solomon was a lover of women . * And he had seven hundred wives , princesses , and three hundred concubines . - And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods . * And he took strange women , as well as the daughter of Pharao , Moabitish , Ammanitish women , Syrians and Idumeans , Chettites , and Amorites ; and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians . * of the nations concerning whom the Lord forbade the children of Israel , saying , Ye shall not go in to them , and they shall not come in to you , lest they turn away your hearts after their idols : Solomon clave to these in love . * And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon , that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God , as was the heart of David his father . * Then Solomon built a high place to Chamos the idol of Moab , and to their king the (note :)See Hebrew (:note ) idol of the children of Ammon , * And thus he acted towards all his strange wives , who burnt incense and sacrificed to their idols . * And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he went not after the Lord , as David his father . * And the Lord was angry with Solomon , because he turned away his heart from the Lord God of Israel , who had appeared twice to him , * and charged him concerning this matter , by no means to go after other gods , but to take heed to do what the Lord God commanded him ; neither was his heart perfect with the Lord , according to the heart of David his father . * And the Lord said to Solomon , Because it has been thus with thee , and thou hast not kept my commandments and my ordinances which I commanded thee , I will surely rend thy kingdom out of thy hand , and give it to thy servant . * Only in thy days I will not do (note :)Gr . them (:note ) it for David thy father ’s sake : but I will take it out of the hand of thy son . * Only I will not take away the whole kingdom : I will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant ’s sake , and for the sake of Jerusalem , the city which I have chosen .

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