1 Kings 11:4
What does 1 Kings 11:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 11:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000For 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 Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For 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 Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it came to pass when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after othergods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah hisGod, as the heart of David his father.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
- 1 Kings 9:10
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king’s house
- 1 Kings 14:21
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
- Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
- 1 Kings 15:14
But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
- 1 Kings 15:3
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
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