Discovery Box1 Kings 11:4-7 
Context11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to 1 other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. 2 11:5 Solomon worshiped 3 the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 4 11:6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; 5 he did not remain loyal to 6 the Lord, like his father David had. 11:7 Furthermore, 7 on the hill east of Jerusalem 8 Solomon built a high place 9 for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh 10 and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 11
1 tn Heb “bent his heart after.”
2 tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the
3 tn Heb “walked after.”
4 tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
6 tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”
7 tn Heb “then.”
8 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
10 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
11 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).
