1 Kings 11:4 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 11:4

2 from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, ^a“You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, ^athat his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his ^bheart was not loyal to the Lord his God, ^cas was the heart of his father David.

5 For Solomon went after ^aAshtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after ^bMilcom the abomination of the ^cAmmonites.

6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David.

7 ^aThen Solomon built a¹ high place for ^bChemosh the abomination of Moab, on ^cthe hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 11:4

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American Standard Version
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 Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Amplified® Bible
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect (complete and whole) with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
And 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 Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

Good News Bible
and by the time he was old they had led him into the worship of foreign gods. He was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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 International Version
As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

New King James Version
For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart did not wholly turn to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had.

Revised Standard Version
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father.

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