1 Kings 11:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ And it came to be, when Shelomoh was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other mighty ones. And his heart was not perfect with יהוה  his Elohim, as was the heart of his father Dawiḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods. He wasn’t committed to the LORD his God with all his heart as was his father David.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And when now he was old, his heart was perverted by the women, so that he followed strange gods. And his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.

1 Kings 11:4 Cross References

1 Kings 11:2

from the nations of whom יהוה  had said to the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 11:33

‘Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth the mighty one of the Tsiḏ

1 Kings 11:38

‘And it shall be, if you obey all that I command you, and shall walk in My ways, and do what is right in My eyes, to guard My laws and My commands, as My servant Dawiḏ

1 Kings 11:42

And the days that Shelomoh reigned in Yerushalayim over all Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 11:6

Thus Shelomoh did evil in the eyes of יהוה, and did not follow יהוה  completely, like his father Dawiḏ

1 Kings 11:9

Therefore יהוה  was enraged with Shelomoh, because his heart had turned away from יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 14:21

Meanwhile Reḥ

1 Kings 15:14

But the high places were not removed. However, Asa’s heart was perfect with יהוה  all his days.

1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him, and his heart was not perfect to יהוה  his Elohim, as was the heart of his father Dawiḏ

1 Kings 3:3

And Shelomoh loved יהוה, walking in the laws of his father Dawiḏ

1 Kings 6:1

And it came to be, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 8:61

“Let your heart therefore be perfect to יהוה  our Elohim, to walk in His laws and guard His commands, as at this day.”

1 Kings 9:10

And it came to be, at the end of twenty years, that Shelomoh had built the two houses, the House of יהוה  and the house of the sovereign.

1 Kings 9:4

“And you, if you walk before Me as your father Dawiḏ

2 Kings 20:3

“I pray to You, O יהוה, remember how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what was good in Your eyes.” And Ḥ

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, my son Shelomoh, know the Elohim of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a pleasing life, for יהוה  searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you do seek Him, He is found by you; but if you forsake Him, He rejects you forever.

1 Chronicles 29:19

“And give my son Shelomoh a perfect heart to guard Your commands and Your witnesses and Your laws, to do all, and to build the palace for which I have prepared.”

2 Chronicles 17:3

And יהוה  was with Yehoshaphat, for he walked in the former ways of his father Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 25:2

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, but not with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, and walked in the ways of his father Dawiḏ

Exodus 20:3

“You have no other mighty ones against My face.

Deuteronomy 17:17

“And he is not to increase wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor is he to greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

Deuteronomy 7:4

for he turns your sons away from following Me, to serve other mighty ones. Then the displeasure of יהוה  shall burn against you and promptly destroy you.