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.  ‡

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.  ‡