King Solomon loved women! He loved many women that were not from the nation of Israel. These included the daughter of Pharaoh, Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.
1 Kings 11:8 - Easy To Read Version Then Solomon did the same thing for all of his wives from other countries. His wives burned incense [145] and gave sacrifices to their gods. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he did so for all of his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. American Standard Version (1901) And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. Common English Bible He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. Catholic Public Domain Version And he acted in this manner for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and immolating to their gods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods. |
King Solomon loved women! He loved many women that were not from the nation of Israel. These included the daughter of Pharaoh, Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.
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 turned away from following the Lord, the God of Israel. So the Lord became angry at Solomon. The Lord had come to Solomon twice.
During that time there were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. Asa forced those men to leave the country. Asa also took away the idols that his ancestors had made.
You know that marriages like this caused Solomon to sin. In all the many nations, there was not a king as great as Solomon. God loved Solomon. And God made Solomon king over the whole nation of Israel. But even Solomon was made to sin because of foreign women.
“From the time that Jerusalem was built until now, the people of this city have made me angry. This city has made me so angry, I must remove it from my sight.