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1 Kings 11:4

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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.

For it came to pass, when {H6256} Solomon {H8010} was old {H2209}, that his wives {H802} turned away {H5186} his heart {H3824} after {H310} other {H312} gods {H430}: and his heart {H3824} was not perfect {H8003} with the LORD {H3068} his God {H430}, as was the heart {H3824} of David {H1732} his father {H1}.

For when Shlomo became old, his wives turned his heart away toward other gods; so that he was not wholehearted with ADONAI his God, as David his father had been.

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 9:4 (7 votes)

    And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

  • 1 Kings 8:61 (6 votes)

    Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9 (4 votes)

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  • 1 Kings 11:6 (4 votes)

    And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:2 (3 votes)

    And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.

  • Deuteronomy 17:17 (3 votes)

    Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

  • 1 Kings 11:2 (3 votes)

    Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.