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Summary
1 Kings 11:4-8

11:4. When he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.

11:5. But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites.

11:6. Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.

11:7. Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos, the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch, the idol of the children of Ammon.

11:8. He did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.

Solomon's Sin, as in 1 Kings 11:4-13, illustration from a Bible card published 1896 by the Providence Lithograph Company Date: 1896