jps - 1Kings:11:1-13

jps@1Kings:11:1 @ Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

jps@1Kings:11:2 @ of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel: 'Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods'; Solomon did cleave unto these in love.

jps@1Kings:11:3 @ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

jps@1Kings:11:4 @ For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

jps@1Kings:11:5 @ For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites.

jps@1Kings:11:6 @ And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

jps@1Kings:11:7 @ Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestation of the children of Ammon.

jps@1Kings:11:8 @ And so did he for all his foreign wives, who offered and sacrificed unto their gods.

jps@1Kings:11:9 @ And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

jps@1Kings:11:10 @ and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

jps@1Kings:11:11 @ Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon: 'Forasmuch as this hath been in thy mind, and thou hast not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

jps@1Kings:11:12 @ Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

jps@1Kings:11:13 @ Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son; for David My servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.'