1 Kings 11:4

Translations

Modern

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

Traditional

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 the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Literal

And it was, at the time of the old age of Solomon, that his wives stretched his heart after other gods, and his heart was not loyal to YHWH his God like the heart of David his father.

Latin

Cumque jam esset senex, depravatum est cor ejus per mulieres, ut sequeretur deos alienos: nec erat cor ejus perfectum cum Domino Deo suo, sicut cor David patris ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

Notes

1 Kings 11:4–8

he did not follow the LORD completely: David committed a serious sin, but he truly repented when God's prophet confronted him (2 Samuel 11:1–12:23; Psalm 51:1–4). However, Solomon ignored God's warnings (1 Kings 3:14; 6:12–13; 9:4–9) and did not learn from Israel's history. Instead, he repeated their sins.

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings God’s Faithfulness to His People Intermarriage and Divorce Pure Worship Purity and Identity

Events

Reign of Solomon

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1 Kings 9:4
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
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So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
1 Kings 11:6
So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
1 Kings 11:2
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
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He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
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Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,
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“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
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And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
1 Kings 15:3
And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Solomon: Son of David, king of Israel, known for his wisdom

Glossary

Idols, Idolatry Kings, Books of First and Second Marriage, Marriage Customs Mixed Marriage Moab, Moabites Monotheism Pagans Proverbs, Book of Rehoboam Solomon (Person)

Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Solomon Backsliders: Solomon Backsliding: Solomon Character: Instability: Solomon Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Solomon Influence: Evil Instability: Solomon, in Yielding to his Idolatrous Wives Molech: Worshiped by the Wives of Solomon, and by Solomon Perfection: Ascribed to David Polygamy with Solomon Polygamy: Solomon Rulers: Wicked: Solomon, Luxurious, and Idolatrous Solomon: Builds Idolatrous Temples Solomon: Their Influence Over Him Temptation: Yielding to Solomon, to Become an Idolater Through the Influences of his Wives The Ammonites: Solomon Intermarried With, and Introduced Idols of Into Wife: Idolatrous, Solomon's Wives Women: Solomon's Wives, in Their Idolatrous and Wicked Influence Over Solomon

1 Kings 11:4

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