...hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines : and his wives turned away his heart. 4 r or it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives...after other gods : and his heart was not perfect with tbe LORD his God, asuxuthe heart of David 5 For Solomon went after Ashtorelh the goddess of the /.idonians,...

...&c. Then I will establish, &c. — 1 Kings ix. 4, 5. It came to pass that when Solomon was old, &c. his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, &c. he went not fully after the Lord, &c. — 1 Kings xi. 4. 6. Asa did that which was right, &c. but...

...daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him : and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp...

...of Nebat king of Israel. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp...

...and his kingdom, the creation, with him. Solomon fell, and his sin brought the house of Israel low. " i 2&\ Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my...

...idolatry of his heathen wires, and built temples to their idols, and went himself after them, it is said his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. Then one disaster followed another, till, on the death of Solomon, the Lord rent the kingdom from the...

...whom Tanpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house : and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of teas the heart of David his father, 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,...

...life, however, Solomon tarnished the glory of his name, and " did evil in the sight of the Lord."—" For it came to pass when Solomon was old, that his...Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father («)." It seems, indeed, as if his heart had been so far corrupted by a long series of luxurious prosperity,...

...4—13. * This was the effect produced by Solomon's sinful conduct during the latter part of his reign. " For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his...his heart after other gods: and his heart was not f It appears from 1 Kings xv. 4 (" Nevertheless, for David's sake, did the LORD his God give him a...

...shame, in marrying so many wives, led to the worship of numerous false deities l>y the people of Israel. "For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods : Solomon went after Ashtaroth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom (called Moloch), the...