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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Solomon built such shrines for all his foreign wives to use for burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And he did the same for all of his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and offering sacrifices to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and offering sacrifices to their gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In fact, he built a shrine for each of his foreign wives, so all of them could burn incense and offer sacrifices to their own gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And so did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He did these things for each of his foreign wives who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He also built places of worship where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to their own gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Solomon did this for all of his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their own gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So he did for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and so he has done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thus he did for all his strange wives, they burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he acted in this manner for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and immolating to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He did the same for all his foreign wives who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He did the same for all his foreign wives, who offered incense and sacrificed to their gods.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And thus he did for all his foreign wives who were placing incense and sacrificing to their gods.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And so did he for all his foreign wives, who offered and sacrificed unto their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thus he acted towards all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/11-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=4296" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/11.htm">Solomon's Foreign Wives</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He did</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: wə·ḵên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">the same</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">for all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237: han·nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ (Art:: Adj-fp) -- Foreign, alien. From neker; strange, in a variety of degrees and applications.">his foreign</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nā·šāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wives,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: maq·ṭî·rō·wṯ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-fp) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">who burned incense</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: ū·mə·zab·bə·ḥō·wṯ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-fp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">and sacrificed</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hê·hen (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3fp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">to their gods.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-26.htm">Nehemiah 13:26</a></span><br />Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm">Deuteronomy 17:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Exodus 34:16</a></span><br />And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-6.htm">Judges 3:6</a></span><br />And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-8</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">2 Chronicles 33:2</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35-39</a></span><br />but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. / They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra 9:1-2</a></span><br />After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11</a></span><br />Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a></span><br />But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a></span><br />No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.</p><p class="hdg">all his strange wives</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1</a></b></br> But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, <i>and</i> Hittites;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22-29</a></b></br> And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, <i>and</i> wast polluted in thy blood… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11,12</a></b></br> Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/9-16.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-41.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Perfuming</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">Sacrificing</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-3.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/13-3.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-24.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-10.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-18.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Perfuming</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-27.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Sacrificing</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-6.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-3.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-38.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">Solomon's wives and concubines</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">In his old age they draw him to idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">God threatens him,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-23.htm">Rezon, who reigned in Damascus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-41.htm">Solomon's acts, reign, and death. Rehoboam succeeds him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He did the same for all his foreign wives</b><br>Solomon's actions in building high places for his foreign wives reflect a departure from the exclusive worship of Yahweh, which was central to Israel's covenant identity. This phrase highlights Solomon's accommodation of his wives' religious practices, which was contrary to the command in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>, warning against intermarriage with foreign nations to prevent idolatry. Solomon's marriages were often political alliances, common in the ancient Near East, but they led to spiritual compromise. This action foreshadows the division of the kingdom after Solomon's reign, as his heart was turned away from God.<p><b>who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods</b><br>The burning of incense and offering sacrifices were integral parts of ancient religious practices, signifying devotion and worship. These acts were performed by Solomon's wives to their native deities, such as Ashtoreth, Milcom, and Chemosh, as mentioned earlier in the chapter. This practice was in direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and the Shema (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>), which emphasized the worship of Yahweh alone. The presence of these foreign religious practices in Israel contributed to the spiritual decline of the nation and set a precedent for future kings who would also lead the people into idolatry. This situation contrasts with the typology of Christ, who remained faithful and obedient to God, fulfilling the law and the prophets (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>). Solomon's failure serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of syncretism and the importance of maintaining fidelity to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel, known for his wisdom, wealth, and building projects, including the Temple in Jerusalem. Despite his wisdom, Solomon's heart turned away from God due to his marriages to foreign women.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreign_wives.htm">Foreign Wives</a></b><br>Solomon had many wives from different nations, which was against God's command for the Israelites. These marriages led him to idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The act of worshiping other gods, which was strictly forbidden by God. Solomon's wives influenced him to build high places for their gods.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_places.htm">High Places</a></b><br>Elevated sites where sacrifices and incense were offered to idols. Solomon built these for the gods of his foreign wives, leading Israel into sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_of_israel.htm">God of Israel</a></b><br>The one true God who commanded Israel to worship Him alone and not to follow the practices of other nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guard_your_heart.htm">Guard Your Heart</a></b><br>Solomon's downfall began with his heart turning away from God. We must guard our hearts against influences that lead us away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>God's commands are given for our protection and to keep us in a right relationship with Him. Disobedience can lead to spiritual downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_of_relationships.htm">Influence of Relationships</a></b><br>The people we surround ourselves with can greatly influence our spiritual walk. Choose relationships that encourage faithfulness to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_idolatry.htm">Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to separation from God and can have lasting negative effects on our lives and those around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a></b><br>Even when we stray, God offers forgiveness and restoration if we repent and return to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_kings_11_4_-_why_was_solomon_swayed.htm">1 Kings 11:4 - Why would a wise ruler be so easily swayed by foreign religions despite his renowned wisdom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_solomon_punished_for_intermarriage.htm">1 Kings 11:9-10 - Why does God punish Solomon for foreign marriages here when other biblical figures also intermarried without similar consequences?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_israel_'swallowed'_yet_distinct.htm">Hosea 8:8: How do we reconcile Israel being 'swallowed up' by other nations with promises of their continued distinct identity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_8's_view_on_idols_compare.htm">How does the severe condemnation of these idolatries in Ezekiel 8 align or conflict with other biblical accounts of tolerating foreign gods?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Which had appeared unto him twice.</span>--See <a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm" title="In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give you.">1Kings 3:5</a>; <a href="/1_kings/9-2.htm" title="That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.">1Kings 9:2</a>.) Stress is laid on these direct visions of the Lord to Solomon, as contrasted with the usual indirect revelation through the prophets, and so carrying with them peculiar privilege and responsibility.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And likewise did he for all</span> [having done it for one, he must needs do it for all. "No hill about Jerusalem was free from a chapel of devils" (Hall) ] <span class="cmt_word">his strange wives, which burn</span>t [Heb. burning, Ewald, 335 <span class="accented">a</span>] <span class="cmt_word">incense and sacrificed unto their gods.</span> [Observe, as bearing on the question of Solomon's apostasy, that Solomon <span class="accented">built</span> the altars; his wives <span class="accented">sacrificed</span>, etc. According to Keil, incense is here mentioned before sacrifice, because vegetable took precedence of animal offerings in the nature worship of Western Asia (Bahr, Symbolik, 2 pp; 237 sqq.) But it is very doubtful whether this idea was in the mind of the writer.] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/11-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He did</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָׂ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the same</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֵ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for all</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his foreign</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(han·nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5237.htm">Strong's 5237: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foreign, alien</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wives,</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשָׁ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(nā·šāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who burned incense</span><br /><span class="heb">מַקְטִיר֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(maq·ṭî·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sacrificed</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mə·zab·bə·ḥō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter for sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to their gods.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lō·hê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 11:8 So did he for all his foreign (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 11:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 11:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>