2. of the Gentiles concerning which the Lord had said unto the sons of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clave unto these in love.
3. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
4. 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.
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 went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.
7. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon.
8. And he did likewise for all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
9. And the Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart was turned aside from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,
10. and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep that which the Lord had commanded him.
11. Therefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Because this has been in thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and will give it to thy slave.
12. But I will not do it in thy days for David, thy father’s sake, but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
13. However, I will not rend away all the kingdom, but will give one tribe to thy son for David, my slave’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.