6So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord ; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.


In Context

3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.

4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

5 He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.

6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord ; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.

7 On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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

1st Kings 11:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And Solomon did that which was net pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David his father.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed not fully Jehovah, as David his father.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6and Solomon doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and hath not been fully after Jehovah, like David his father.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.