1 Kings 11:8

1 Kings 11:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
• New International Version (NIV)He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

Context of 1 Kings 11:8

6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. 7Then Solomon built an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods. 9And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, 10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

1 Kings 11:8 word by word

וְכֵ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לְכָל־נָשָׁ֖יו הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת מַקְטִיר֥וֹת וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear

• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• foreignנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• sacrificedזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:8

• 1 Kings 11:1But king Solomon loved many foreign women, in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
• Ezekiel 16:22And in all thy abominations and thy harlotries thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
• Hosea 4:11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.
• 1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened to them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:8

• 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. 88. burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods--The first was considered a higher act of homage, and is often used as synonymous with worship (2Ki 22:17; 23:5). 1Ki 11:9-13. God Threatens Him.Read the comment

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• Character
• Disobedience to God
• Fellowship
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• Polygamy
• Rulers
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• 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