1 In addition to Pharaoh’s daughter, King Solomon loved many foreign women, including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
2 These came from the nations that the Lord had commanded the Israelites about: "Don’t intermarry with them. They will definitely turn your heart toward their gods." Solomon clung to these women in love.
3 He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred secondary wives. They turned his heart.
4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods. He wasn’t committed to the Lord his God with all his heart as was his father David.
5 Solomon followed Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom the detestable god of the Ammonites.
6 Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes and wasn’t completely devoted to the Lord like his father David.