1 Kings 11:6 - Easy To Read Version So Solomon did wrong before the Lord. Solomon did not follow the Lord completely the way his father David had done. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as David his father did. American Standard Version (1901) And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father. Common English Bible Solomon did what was evil in the LORD’s eyes and wasn’t completely devoted to the LORD like his father David. Catholic Public Domain Version And Solomon did what was not pleasing in the sight of the Lord. And he did not continue to follow the Lord, as his father David did. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Solomon did that which was net pleasing before the Lord: and did not fully follow the Lord, as David his father. |
I will take the kingdom from Solomon because he stopped following me. He worships Ashtoreth, the false goddess of Sidon. He worships Chemosh, the false god of Moab. And he worships Milcom, the false god of the Ammonites. Solomon stopped doing the things that are right and good. He does not obey my laws and my commands. He is not living the way that his father David lived.
Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth. [143] This was the god of the people of Sidon. And Solomon worshiped Milcom. [144] This was that horrible idol of the Ammonite people.
Solomon built a place for worshiping Chemosh. Chemosh was that horrible idol of the Moabite people. Solomon built that worship place on a hill next to Jerusalem. On that same hill, Solomon built a worship place for Molech. Molech was that horrible idol of the Ammonite people.
Solomon showed that he loved the Lord. He did this by obeying all the things his father David had told him to do. {But Solomon did something David did not tell him to do.} Solomon still used the high places to offer sacrifices and to burn incense. [14]
You must serve me the same way your father David did. He was fair and sincere. And you must obey my laws and do all the things that I commanded you.
But my servant Caleb was different. He follows me completely. So I will bring him into the land that he has already seen. And his people will get that land.
And that city still belongs to the family of Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite. That land still belongs to his people because he trusted and obeyed the Lord, God of Israel.
The other men that went with me told the people things that made them afraid. But I truly believed that the Lord would allow us to take that land.