1 Kings 11:6

1 Kings 11:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.
• New International Version (NIV)So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David.

Context of 1 Kings 11:6

4When Solomon became old, his wives caused him to serve other gods. Solomon no longer completely loved the Lord his God as his father David had done. 5Solomon worshipped Ashtoreth, the female god of the Sidonian people. He also worshipped Molech, the wicked god of the Ammonite people. As a result, Solomon did things that the Lord said were evil. He did not serve the Lord faithfully as his father David had done. 7On a hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a place to worship false gods. He worshipped Chemosh, the wicked god of the Moabite people, and Molech, the wicked god of the Ammonite people. 8Solomon also built places where his foreign wives could worship their gods. They burned incense and they offered sacrifices to their own gods in these places.

1 Kings 11:6 word by word

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א מִלֵּ֛א אַחֲרֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה כְּדָוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and went not fullyמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:6

• Numbers 14:24But my servant Caleb has thought differently, and he has obeyed me completely. So I will bring him into the land that he explored. It will belong to his descendants.
• Joshua 14:8The other men who went with me made the people afraid. But I continued to trust the Lord my God.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8he did not follow the LORD completely: David committed a serious sin, but he truly repented when God's prophet confronted him (2 Samuel 11:1–12:23; Psalm 51:1–4). However, Solomon ignored God's warnings (1 Kings 3:14; 6:12–13; 9:4–9) and did not learn from Israel's history. Instead, he repeated their sins.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. Ashtoreth--Astarte, Milcom--Molech, and Chemosh--He built altars for these three; but, although he is described (1Ki 11:8) as doing the same for "all his strange wives," there is no evidence that they had idols distinct from these; and there is no trace whatever of Egyptian idolatry.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 11:6

• Backsliders
• Character
• Fellowship
• Instability
• Molech
• Obedience
• Perfection
• Polygamy
• Rulers
• Solomon
• Wife
• Women

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings