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.
7 On the hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a shrine to Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and to Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.
8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.