1 Kings 11:6
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.
1 Kings 11:6 in other translations
| BSB | So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely. |
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| WEB | Solomon did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and didn’t go fully after the LORD, as David his father did. |
| ASV | And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father. |
| YLT | and Solomon doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and hath not been fully after Jehovah, like David his father. |
| DARBY | And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed not fully Jehovah, as David his father. |
| BBE | And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did. |
| Webster | And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. |
What does 1 Kings 11:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 11:5-7
5-7. Ashtoreth--Astarte, Milcom--Molech, and Chemosh--He built altars for these three; but, although he is described (1Ki 11:8) as doing the same for "all his strange wives," there is no evidence that they had idols distinct from these; and there is no trace whatever of Egyptian idolatry.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 11:1-8
There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human depravity in the sacred Scriptures, than that here recorded. Solomon became a public worshipper of abominable idols! Probably he by degrees gave way to pride and luxury, and thus lost his relish for true wisdom. Nothing forms in itself a security against the deceitfulness and depravity of the human heart. Nor will old age cure the heart of any evil…
1 Kings 11:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 11:6
- Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Joshua 14:14
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
- Joshua 14:8
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.
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Context
- 1 Kings 11:5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:6
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:7
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings 11:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hizo Salomón lo malo en los ojos de Jehová, y no fué cumplidamente tras Jehová como David su padre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Salomon fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel, et ne suivit pas pleinement l’ Éternel, comme David, son père. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Salomo tat, was böse war in den Augen Jehovas, und er folgte Jehova nicht völlig nach wie sein Vater David. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fecitque Salomon quod non placuerat coram Domino, et non adimplevit ut sequeretur Dominum sicut David pater ejus. |