1 KINGS 11:5

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.”

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1 Kings 11:5 Translation & Meaning

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For Solomon שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה Shelomah, David's successor Solomon
went וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) went
after אַֽחֲרֵ֣י Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) after
Ashtoreth עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase) Ashtoreth
the goddess אֱלֹהֵ֖י Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative goddess
of the Zidonians, צִֽדֹנִ֑ים A Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon Zidonians
and after וְאַֽחֲרֵ֣י Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) and after
Milcom מִלְכֹּ֔ם Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites Milcom
the abomination שִׁקֻּ֖ץ Disgusting, i.e., filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol abomination
of the Ammonites. עַמֹּנִֽים׃ An Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish Ammonites

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  • 3  And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

  • 4  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.

  • 5  For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

  • 6  And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.

  • 7  Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.




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