Bible in Basic English
"And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord."
— 1 Kings 11:10, Bible in Basic English
“and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. But he did not obey the LORD’s command.”
Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.
And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.
And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision;
And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.
So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.
I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.
Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.