1 Kings 11:1

The Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry

11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

1 Kings 11:5

11:5 Solomon worshiped 1  the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 2 

1 Kings 11:33

11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him 3  because they have 4  abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions 5  by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 6 

1 tn Heb “walked after.”

2 tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”

3 tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

4 tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

5 tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

6 tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”