1 Kings 11:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    because that they have forsaken{H5800} me, and have worshipped{H7812} Ashtoreth{H6253} the goddess{H430} of the Sidonians,{H6722} Chemosh{H3645} the god{H430} of Moab,{H4124} and Milcom{H4445} the god{H430} of the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} and they have not walked{H1980} in my ways,{H1870} to do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in mine eyes,{H5869} and [to keep] my statutes{H2708} and mine ordinances,{H4941} as did David{H1732} his father.{H1}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Because that they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and have worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} Ashtoreth{H6253} the goddess{H430} of the Zidonians{H6722}, Chemosh{H3645} the god{H430} of the Moabites{H4124}, and Milcom{H4445} the god{H430} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, and have not walked{H1980}{(H8804)} in my ways{H1870}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} that which is right{H3477} in mine eyes{H5869}, and to keep my statutes{H2708} and my judgments{H4941}, as did David{H1732} his father{H1}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for they haue forsaken me, and worshipped Astaroth the god of the Sidonians, Chamos the god of the Moabites, and Malco the god of the children of Ammon, and haue not walked in my wayes, to fulfill my pleasure, myne ordinaunces, and lawes, as dyd Dauid his father.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Because they haue forsaken me, and haue worshipped Ashtaroth the god of the Zidonians, and Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and haue not walked in my wayes (to do right in mine eyes, & my statutes, & my lawes) as did Dauid his father.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Because they haue forsaken me, & haue worshipped Astharoth the god of the Zidons, and Chamos the god of the Moabites, & Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, & haue not walked in my wayes, to fulfill my pleasure, my statutes, and my lawes, as dyd Dauid his father.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do [that which is] right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my judgments, as [did] David his father.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped 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 my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances, as did David his father.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth, god`dess' of the Zidonians, to Chemosh god of Moab, and to Milcom god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which `is' right in Mine eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, like David his father.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.
  • 1 Kgs 6:12-13 : 12 As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father: 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 9:5-7 : 5 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel. 6 But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: 7 Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
  • 1 Kgs 11:5-7 : 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
  • 1 Kgs 11:9 : 9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
  • Hos 4:17 : 17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 11:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

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

    6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did.

  • 34 However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes.

  • 11 Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.

  • 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

  • 8 And they walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

  • Jer 9:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it;

    14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

  • 1 Kgs 14:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 And tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you: yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in my eyes;

    9 But have done evil above all that were before you: for you have gone and made for yourself other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:

  • 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

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    12 Elijah the prophet sent him a letter, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of David your father, says: Because you have not followed the ways of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa king of Judah,

    13 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into idolatry as the house of Ahab did, and have also killed your brothers, who were better than you,

  • 13 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right 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 the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled.

  • 16 And I will utter My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

  • 6 But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they went whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them: they quickly turned out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so.

  • 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.

  • 16 Because they despised my judgments, and did not walk in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

  • 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, by forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you also.

  • 11 'Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done more wickedly than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:

  • 3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not right with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

  • 17 As for you, if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments;

  • 22 And they will answer, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity upon them.

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    10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he did not keep what the LORD commanded.

    11 Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, Because this has been done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

  • 19 Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

  • 19 But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • 12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

  • 2 Chr 33:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

    3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he erected altars for Baal, made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

  • 3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they did not know, neither you nor your fathers.

  • 6 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and did not serve Him.

  • 22 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,

  • 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him, and turned away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs.

  • 10 They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

  • 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

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    15 They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; they followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves, and went after the nations that were around them, although the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.

    16 They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

  • 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

  • 9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.

  • 4 And if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments:

  • 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because this people have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;

  • 32 (But he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.)

  • 33 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

  • 2 As they were called, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baal, and burned incense to carved images.

  • 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

  • 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.

  • 3 Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

  • 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.