◄ 1 Kings 11:6 ►
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Good News Translation
He sinned against the LORD and was not true to him as his father David had been.

New Revised Standard Version
So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not completely follow the LORD, as his father David had done.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon's father had obeyed the LORD with all his heart, but Solomon disobeyed and did what the LORD hated.

New American Bible
Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and he did not follow the LORD unreservedly as David his father had done.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.

Numbers 14:24 My servant Caleb, who being full of another spirit hath followed me, I will bring into this land which he hath gone round: and his seed shall possess it.

Joshua 14:8,14 But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. . . .

Context
Solomon's Foreign Wives
…5But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites. 6And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.7Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos, the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch, the idol of the children of Ammon.…
Cross References
1 Kings 3:3
And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense.

1 Kings 9:4
And if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness: and wilt do all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my ordinances, and my judgments,

1 Kings 11:5
But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:7
Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos, the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch, the idol of the children of Ammon.

1 Kings 11:5
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