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1 Kings 11:5-11 Good News Bible (GNB)

5. He worshipped Astarte the goddess of Sidon, and Molech the disgusting god of Ammon.

6. He sinned against the Lord and was not true to him as his father David had been.

7. On the mountain east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god of Ammon.

8. He also built places of worship where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to their own gods.

9-10. Even though the Lord, the God of Israel, had appeared to Solomon twice and had commanded him not to worship foreign gods, Solomon did not obey the Lord, but turned away from him. So the Lord was angry with Solomon

11. and said to him, “Because you have deliberately broken your covenant with me and disobeyed my commands, I promise that I will take the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your officials.

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