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1 Kings 11:6-8
New English Translation
1 Kings 11:6-8
New English Translation
6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight;[a] he did not remain loyal to[b] the Lord, as his father David had. 7 Furthermore,[c] on the hill east of Jerusalem[d] Solomon built a high place[e] for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh[f] and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.[g] 8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods.[h]
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- 1 Kings 11:6 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”
- 1 Kings 11:6 tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”
- 1 Kings 11:7 tn Heb “then.”
- 1 Kings 11:7 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
- 1 Kings 11:7 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
- 1 Kings 11:7 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
- 1 Kings 11:7 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).
- 1 Kings 11:8 tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”
1 Kings 11:6-8
New International Version
1 Kings 11:6-8
New International Version
6 So Solomon did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.
7 On a hill east(B) of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh(C) the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek(D) the detestable god of the Ammonites. 8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
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