(A)He had seven hundred wives, who were [a]princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away [b]to follow other gods; and (B)his heart was not [c]wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been. For Solomon became a follower of (C)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and of [d](D)Milcom the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:3 Or women of rank
  2. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit after other
  3. 1 Kings 11:4 Lit complete with
  4. 1 Kings 11:5 In Jer 49:1, 3, Malcam

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