1 Kings 11:4-10
11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to
1 other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the
Lord his God, as his father David had been.
2
11:5 Solomon worshiped
3 the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
4
11:6 Solomon did evil in the
Lord’s sight;
5 he did not remain loyal to
6 the
Lord, like his father David had.
11:7 Furthermore,
7 on the hill east of Jerusalem
8 Solomon built a high place
9 for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh
10 and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
11
11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods.
12
11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance 13 away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions 14
11:10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. 15 But he did not obey 16 the Lord’s command.
Joshua 23:15-16
23:15 But in the same way every faithful promise the
Lord your God made to you has been realized,
17 it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the
Lord will bring on you every judgment
18 until he destroys you from this good land which the
Lord your God gave you.
23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the
Lord your God which he commanded you to keep,
19 and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods,
20 the
Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear
21 quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”
1 tn Heb “bent his heart after.”
2 tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”
3 tn Heb “walked after.”
4 tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”
6 tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”
7 tn Heb “then.”
8 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
9 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
10 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
11 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).
12 tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”
13 tn Heb “bent his heart.”
14 sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.
15 tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”
16 tn Or “keep.”
17 tn Heb “and it will be as every good word which the Lord your God spoke to you has come to pass.”
18 tn Heb “so the Lord will bring every injurious [or “evil”] word [or “thing”] upon you.”
19 tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”
20 tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
21 tn Or “perish.”