Bible in Basic English
"And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods."
— 1 Kings 11:8, Bible in Basic English
“And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”
“And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. ”
“So did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.”
“He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods.”
“And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.”
“And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of the Ammonites.
And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.
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.