Discovery Box1 Kings 11:1 
ContextThe 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
Context11:5 Solomon worshiped 1 the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 2
1 Kings 11:33
Context11:33 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.”
