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1 Kings 11:4

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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ASV

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 Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.

KJV

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.

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וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
לְעֵת֙le.'Etto [the] time ofH6256 →
זִקְנַ֣תzik.Nat[the] old age ofH2209 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
נָשָׁיו֙na.Shavwives hisH802 →
הִטּ֣וּhi.Tuthey turned asideH5186 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
לְבָב֔וֹle.va.Voheart hisH3824 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
הָיָ֨הha.Yahit wasH1961 →
לְבָב֤וֹle.va.Voheart hisH3824 →
שָׁלֵם֙sha.LemcompleteH8003 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavGod hisH430 →
כִּלְבַ֖בkil.Vavlike [the] heart ofH3824 →
דָּוִ֥ידda.VidDavidH1732 →
אָבִֽיו׃'a.Vivfather hisH1 →

The walk

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1 Kings 9:4And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,1 Kings 8:61So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”1 Kings 11:6So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.Revelation 3:2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.Psalms 101:2I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.2 Chronicles 17:3Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.1 Kings 11:2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.2 Chronicles 34:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.2 Chronicles 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.2 Chronicles 31:20–21So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.1 Kings 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.Deuteronomy 7:4because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.1 Kings 9:10Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,

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