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.
14. And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad, the Edomite; he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
15. For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab, the captain of the host, had gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom