1 Kings 11:4

American Standard Version (1901)

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;
  • 1 Kgs 8:61 : 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
  • Deut 7:4 : 4 For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
  • 1 Kgs 6:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
  • 1 Kgs 6:12-13 : 12 Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father. 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 9:10 : 10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
  • 1 Kgs 11:2 : 2 of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
  • 1 Kgs 11:6 : 6 And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
  • 1 Kgs 11:42 : 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
  • 1 Kgs 14:21 : 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
  • 1 Kgs 15:14 : 14 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
  • 1 Chr 29:19 : 19 and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,
  • 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Neh 13:26-27 : 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

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  • 1 Kgs 11:1-3
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    88%

    1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

    2of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

    3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 11:5-11
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    81%

    5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

    6And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.

    7Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

    8And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

    9And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

    10and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which Jehovah commanded.

    11Wherefore Jehovah said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

  • Neh 13:26
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    26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Chr 8:11
    73%

    11And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.

  • Deut 17:17
    71%

    17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

  • 1 Chr 29:19
    71%

    19and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.

  • 1 Chr 28:9
    71%

    9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    70%

    33because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
    69%

    1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 3:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

    4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

  • 1 Kgs 7:8
    69%

    8And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.

  • 1 Kgs 11:41-43
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    41Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

    42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

    43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    69%

    11Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

  • 2 Chr 9:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

    31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 9:4
    69%

    4and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

    5and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.

  • 1 Kgs 3:1
    69%

    1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

  • 2 Chr 15:17
    68%

    17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  • Song 3:11
    68%

    11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    68%

    6And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
    68%

    8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
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    11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

  • 2 Chr 1:1
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    1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
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    10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house

  • Deut 7:4
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    4For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
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    12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

  • 2 Sam 12:11
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    11Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
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    1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
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    1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,

  • 2 Sam 20:3
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    3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
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    13So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:11
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    11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 2:1
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    1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,