1 Kings 11:8
in 1 Kings 11He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
KJV
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
an high place for Chemosh
on 1 Kings 11:7-8
The high places rise on the hill before Jerusalem, in full sight of the temple Solomon had just built for the name of the Lord, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of Ammon. Josiah will still be defiling these same mounts three centuries later at 2 Ki 23:13, the text's own note that Solomon's private accommodation to his wives' gods became public Judean worship for generations. The two altars are matched by the two nations of verse 1, Moab and Ammon, the sons of Lot's daughters, standing in shrines beside the house of the Lord.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֵ֣ן | vekhen | and thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| עָשָׂ֔ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נָשָׁ֖יו | nashav | wives his | H802 → | 781 times |
| הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת | hanakheriyot | <the> foreign | H5237 → | 45 times |
| מַקְטִיר֥וֹת | maktirot | [who] made smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת | umezabechot | and [who] sacrificed | H2076 → | 134 times |
| לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃ | leloheihen | to gods their | H430 → | 2601 times |
וְכֵ֣ןand thus
vekhenH3651 →771 times
עָשָׂ֔הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לְכָל־for all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
נָשָׁ֖יוwives his
nashavH802 →781 times
הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת<the> foreign
hanakheriyotH5237 →45 times
מַקְטִיר֥וֹת[who] made smoke
maktirotH6999 →116 times
וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹתand [who] sacrificed
umezabechotH2076 →134 times
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃to gods their
leloheihenH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:17
He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- Proverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Nehemiah 13:23–27
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Deuteronomy 17:17
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.