1 But King Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites,

2 of the Gentiles [concerning] which the LORD had said unto the sons of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you, [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clave unto these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

4 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.

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father.

7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the mount that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon.

8 And he did likewise for all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.