Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

Legacy Standard Bible

1 Kings 11:4

Now it happened at the time that Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Character;   Fellowship;   Influence;   Instability;   Molech;   Perfection;   Polygamy;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Temptation;   Wife;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Backsliders;   Deterioration-Development;   Evil;   Influence;   Influences, Evil;   Prosperity;   Prosperity-Adversity;   Solomon;   Temptation;   Yielding to Temptation;   The Topic Concordance - Marriage;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;   Ammonites, the;   Backsliding;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Concubine;   King;   Marriage;   Solomon;   Song of songs;   Treaty;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Idol, Idolatry;   Leadership;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Sidon;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   High Place;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Heart;   Israel;   Perfection;   Solomon;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount olivet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kings;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sol'omon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gods;   Psalms, Book of;   Solomon;   Temple;   Woman;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
Hebrew Names Version
For it happened, when Shlomo was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
King James Version
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
English Standard Version
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
New Century Version
As Solomon grew old, his wives caused him to follow other gods. He did not follow the Lord completely as his father David had done.
New English Translation
When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
Amplified Bible
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not completely devoted to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.
New American Standard Bible
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of his father David had been.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For when Salomon was olde, his wiues turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.
Complete Jewish Bible
For when Shlomo became old, his wives turned his heart away toward other gods; so that he was not wholehearted with Adonai his God, as David his father had been.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
Easy-to-Read Version
When Solomon was old, his wives caused him to follow other gods, so he did not follow the Lord completely as his father David did.
George Lamsa Translation
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Good News Translation
and by the time he was old they had led him into the worship of foreign gods. He was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
Lexham English Bible
It happened at the time of Solomon's old age that his wives guided his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully with Yahweh his God as the heart of David his father had been.
Literal Translation
And it happened, at the time Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of his father David.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he was now olde, his wyues bowed his hert after straunge goddes, so that his hert was not whole with the LORDE his God, as was the hert of Dauid his father.
American Standard Version
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Bible in Basic English
For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For it came to passe when Solomon was olde, his wyues turned his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
King James Version (1611)
For it came to passe when Solomon was old, that his wiues turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon, that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
English Revised Version
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Berean Standard Bible
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he was thanne eld, his herte was bischrewid bi wymmen, that he suede alien goddis; and his herte was not perfit with his Lord God, as the herte of Dauid, his fadir, `was perfit.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father.
Update Bible Version
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart wasn't perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Webster's Bible Translation
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.
World English Bible
For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
New King James Version
For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.
New Living Translation
In Solomon's old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been.
New Life Bible
When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. His whole heart was not faithful to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been.
New Revised Standard
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea it came to pass, in the old age of Solomon, that, his wives, turned aside his heart after other gods, - his heart therefore was not sound with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.
Revised Standard Version
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

Contextual Overview

1Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2from the nations concerning which Yahweh had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not go along with them, nor shall they go along with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love. 3And he had 700 wives—princesses—and 300 concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. 4Now it happened at the time that Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites. 6And Solomon did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and did not follow Yahweh fully, as David his father had done. 7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. 8Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when Solomon: 1 Kings 11:42, 1 Kings 6:1, 1 Kings 9:10, 1 Kings 14:21

his wives: 1 Kings 11:2, Deuteronomy 7:4, Deuteronomy 17:17, Nehemiah 13:26, Nehemiah 13:27

his heart: 1 Kings 11:6, 1 Kings 11:38, 1 Kings 6:12, 1 Kings 6:13, 1 Kings 8:61, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 15:3, 1 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 29:19, 2 Chronicles 17:3, 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, 2 Chronicles 34:2

Reciprocal: Joshua 23:12 - shall make Joshua 23:13 - snares 1 Kings 9:6 - go 1 Kings 16:31 - and went 2 Kings 13:8 - General 2 Kings 14:3 - he did 2 Kings 16:2 - did not 2 Kings 17:7 - the Lord 2 Kings 18:3 - according 1 Chronicles 12:38 - with a perfect heart 1 Chronicles 28:7 - as at this day 2 Chronicles 7:19 - shall go 2 Chronicles 15:17 - the heart of Asa 2 Chronicles 24:18 - And they left Job 2:9 - his wife Job 31:9 - If mine Psalms 101:2 - a perfect Jeremiah 25:6 - General Revelation 3:2 - thy works

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 11:8
So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth; and from there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:11
and Shem lived 500 years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:13
and Arpachshad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, "The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And moreover, we saw the sons of the Anakim there."'
Deuteronomy 4:27
And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will remain few in number among the nations where Yahweh drives you.
Deuteronomy 9:1
"Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven,
2 Samuel 8:13
So David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
Psalms 92:9
For, behold, Your enemies, O Yahweh,For, behold, Your enemies will perish;All the workers of iniquity will be scattered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when Solomon was old,.... Toward the latter end of his reign, when he might be near sixty years of age; for Rehoboam his son and successor was forty one when he began to reign, 1 Kings 14:21 which is observed either as an aggravation of the sin of Solomon, that in his old age, when by long experience he might have been thought to be still wiser, and less lustful: and yet

that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; or as pointing at the advantage his wives took of his age:

and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father; who, though guilty of many sins, never inclined to idolatry; his heart was always right in that point, and sincere in his worship, see Psalms 18:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Old - About fifty or fifty-five. From his age at his accession (1 Kings 2:2 note) he could not have been more than about sixty at his death.

The true nature of Solomon’s idolatry was neither complete apostasy - an apostasy from which there could be no recovery; nor a mere toleration, rather praise-worthy than blameable. Solomon did not ever openly or wholly apostatize. He continued his attendance on the worship of Yahweh, and punctually made his offerings three times a year in the temple 1 Kings 9:25; but his heart was not “perfect” with God. The religious earnestness of his younger days was weakened by wealth, luxury, sensualism, an increasing worldliness leading him to worldly policy and latitudinarianism arising from contact with all the manifold forms of human opinion. His lapse into deadly sin was no doubt gradual. Partly from ostentation, partly from that sensualism which is the most common failing of Oriental monarchs, he established a harem on a grand and extraordinary scale. To gratify “strange women,” i. e., foreigners, admitted either from worldly policy, or for variety’s sake, he built magnificent temples to their false gods, right over against Jerusalem, as manifest rivals to “the temple.” He thus became the author of a syncretism, which sought to blend together the worship of Yahweh and the worship of idols - a syncretism which possessed fatal attractions for the Jewish nation. Finally, he appears himself to have frequented the idol temples 1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 11:10, and to have taken part in those fearful impurities which constituted the worst horror of the idolatrous systems, thus practically apostatising, though theoretically he never ceased to hold that Yahweh was the true God.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile