1 Kings 11:7-10

11:7 Furthermore, ¹  on the hill east of Jerusalem ²  Solomon built a high place ³  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ⁴  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ⁵  11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ⁶ 

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.

[11:7]  ¹ tn Heb “then.”

[11:7]  ² sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

[11:7]  ³ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

[11:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

[11:7]  ⁵ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

[11:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”

[11:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

[11:9]  ¹² sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

[11:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”

[11:10]  ¹⁷ tn Or “keep.”