1 Kings 11:4-10
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For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and y his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, z as was the heart of David his father.
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For Solomon went after a Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after b Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done.
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Then Solomon built a high place for c Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for d Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
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And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.
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And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because e his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, f who had appeared to him twice
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and g had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded.
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1 Kings 8:61
Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.
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1 Kings 9:4
And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules.
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1 Kings 11:33
Because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
Judges 2:13
They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
2 Kings 23:13
And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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1 Kings 11:7
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
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Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon.
2 Kings 23:13
And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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Leviticus 18:21
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 20:2 - 4
Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.
2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech.
Acts 7:43
You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship; and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.
1 Kings 11:5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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1 Kings 11:2
From the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, "You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love.
1 Kings 11:4
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
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1 Kings 3:5
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, "Ask what I shall give you.
1 Kings 9:2
The Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
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1 Kings 6:12
Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
1 Kings 9:6
But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them.
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