Solomon Built Shrines to False gods of His Foreign Wives after he had been king for well over twenty years. The wisdom of Solomon’s youth had been overtaken by his lust and his greed.
1 Kings 11:7. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab on the hill that is before Jerusalem and for Molekh, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8. And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. 9. And the LORD* was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD* God of Israel, Who had appeared to him twice 10. and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods, but he did not keep that which the LORD* commanded.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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