3. He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines, and his wives turned away his heart from God.
4. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect (complete and whole) with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abominable idol of the Ammonites! [I Kings 9:6-9.]
6. Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as David his father did.
7. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abominable idol of Moab, on the hill opposite Jerusalem, and for Molech the abominable idol of the Ammonites.
8. And he did so for all of his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord, the God of Israel, Who had appeared to him twice,
10. And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods, but he did not do what the Lord commanded.
11. Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, Because you are doing this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely rend the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant!
12. However, in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake. But I will rend it out of the hand of your son!