6 Solomon's father had obeyed the Lord with all his heart, but Solomon disobeyed and did what the Lord hated.
7 Solomon built shrines on a hill east of Jerusalem to worship Chemosh the disgusting god of Moab, and Molech the disgusting god of Ammon.
8 In fact, he built a shrine for each of his foreign wives, so all of them could burn incense and offer sacrifices to their own gods.
9-10 The Lord God of Israel had appeared to Solomon twice and warned him not to worship foreign gods. But Solomon disobeyed and did it anyway. This made the Lord very angry,
11 and he said to Solomon:You did what you wanted and not what I told you to do. Now I'm going to take your kingdom from you and give it to one of your officials.
12 But because David was your father, you will remain king as long as you live. I will wait until your son becomes king, then I will take the kingdom from him.
13 When I do, I will still let him rule one tribe, because I have not forgotten that David was my servant and Jerusalem is my city.