NET Bible
"He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods."
— 1 Kings 11:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.”
“And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.”
“And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”
Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
Solomon did evil in the LORD’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the LORD, like his father David had.
Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods.
The LORD was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions
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.
So the LORD said to Solomon,“Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.