1 Kings 11:4

New American Bible - revised edition

When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to follow other gods, and his heart was not entirely with the Lord, his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:2

from nations of which the Lord had said to the Israelites: You shall not join with them and they shall not join with you, lest they turn your hearts to their gods. But Solomon held them close in love.

1 Kings 11:33

For they have forsaken me and have bowed down to Astarte, goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, god of Moab, and Milcom, god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways or done what is right in my eyes, according to my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

1 Kings 11:38

If, then, you heed all that I command you, walking in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments like David my servant, I will be with you. I will build a lasting house for you, just as I did for David; I will give Israel to you.

1 Kings 11:42

Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

1 Kings 11:6

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.

1 Kings 11:9

The Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam, son of Solomon, became king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city in which, out of all the tribes of Israel, the Lord chose to set his name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Kings 15:14

The high places did not disappear; yet Asa’s heart was entirely with the Lord as long as he lived.

1 Kings 15:3

He followed all the sins his father had committed before him, and his heart was not entirely with the Lord, his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 3:3

Although Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father, he offered sacrifice and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 6:1

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites went forth from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (the second month), he began to build the house of the Lord.

1 Kings 8:61

Your heart must be wholly devoted to the Lord, our God, observing his statutes and keeping his commandments, as on this day.”

1 Kings 9:10

After the twenty years during which Solomon built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the house of the king—

1 Kings 9:4

As for you, if you walk before me as David your father did, wholeheartedly and uprightly, doing all that I have commanded you, keeping my statutes and ordinances,

2 Kings 20:3

“Ah, Lord, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was good in your sight!” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, Solomon, my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the mind’s thoughts. If you search for him, he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will cast you off forever.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Give to my son Solomon a wholehearted desire to keep your commandments, precepts, and statutes, that he may carry out all these plans and build the palace for which I have made preparation.”

2 Chronicles 17:3

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the earlier ways of David his father, and did not seek the Baals.

2 Chronicles 25:2

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight, though not wholeheartedly.

2 Chronicles 34:2

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight, walking in the way of David his father, not turning right or left.

Exodus 20:3

You shall not have other gods beside me.

Deuteronomy 17:17

Neither shall he have a great number of wives, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he accumulate a vast amount of silver and gold.

Deuteronomy 7:4

For they would turn your sons from following me to serving other gods, and then the anger of the Lord would flare up against you and he would quickly destroy you.