1 Kings 9:6

9:6 “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ¹  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ² 

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ³  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ⁴  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ⁵  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to ⁶  other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. ⁷ 

[9:6]  ¹ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[9:6]  ² tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[9:9]  ³ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”

[9:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[11:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

[11:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”