11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance 7 away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions 8 11:10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. 9 But he did not obey 10 the Lord’s command.
1 tn Heb “then.”
2 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
3 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
4 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
5 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).
6 tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”
11 tn Heb “bent his heart.”
12 sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.
16 tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”
17 tn Or “keep.”