1 Kings 11:8 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.

NIV: He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

NASB: He also did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

CSB: He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and offering sacrifices to their gods.

NLT: Solomon built such shrines for all his foreign wives to use for burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.

KJV: And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

NKJV: And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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