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bought them out of Coa, and brought them at a fered sacrifice to their gods.
set price. 9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, be-
29 And a chariot of four horses came out of cause his mind was turned away from the Lord,
Egypt, for six hundred sicles of silver, and a horse the God of Israel, who had appeared to him
for a hundred and fifty. And after this manner twice;
did all the kings of the Hethites, and of Syria, 10 And had commanded him concerning this
sell horses. thing, that he should not follow strange gods:
but he kept not the things which the Lord com-
manded him.
Chapter 11 11 The Lord therefore said to Solomon: Be-
cause thou hast done this, and hast not kept my
And king Solomon loved many strange women,
covenant, and my precepts, which I have com-
besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of manded thee, I will divide and rend thy king-
Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of
dom, and will give it to thy servant.
Sidon, and of the Hethites: 12 Nevertheless, in thy days I will not do it,
2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out
said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in of the hand of thy son.
unto them, neither shall any of them come into 13 Neither will I take away the whole king-
yours: for they will most certainly turn away dom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for the
your hearts to follow their gods. And to these sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which
was Solomon joined with a most ardent love. I have chosen.
3 And he had seven hundred wives as queens, 14 And the Lord raised up an adversary to
and three hundred concubines: and the women Solomon, Adad, the Edomite, of the king’s seed,
turned away his heart. in Edom.
4 And when he was now old, his heart was 15 For when David was in Edom, and Joab,
turned away by women to follow strange gods: the general of the army, was gone up to bury
and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his them that were slain, and had killed every male
God, as was the heart of David, his father. in Edom,
5 But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the god- 16 (For Joab remained there six months with
dess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)
Ammonites. 17 Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites of
6 And Solomon did that which was not pleas- his father’s servants, with him, to go into Egypt:
ing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the and Adad was then a Iittle boy.
Lord, as David, his father. 18 And they arose out of Madian, and came
7 Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos, into Pharan, and they took men with them from
the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Pharan, and went into Egypt, to Pharao, the
Jerusalem, and for Moloch, the idol of the chil- king of Egypt: who gave him a house, and ap-
dren of Ammon. pointed him victuals, and assigned him land.
8 And he did in this manner for all his wives 19 And Adad found great favour before
that were strangers, who burnt incense, and of- Pharao, insomuch that he gave him to wife the