1Kgs.11.4

1 Kings 11:4

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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.

Solomon’s Foreign Wives

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17

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Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Guidelines for a King

1 Kings 3:3

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And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom

Solomon’s Rule Consolidated

1 Kings 8:61

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Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

Solomon’s Benediction

1 Kings 9:4

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And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

The LORD’s Response to Solomon

1 Kings 11:9

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¶ And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

God’s Anger against Solomon

1 Kings 15:3

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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.