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1 Kings 11:8

What does 1 Kings 11:8 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 11:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to theirgods.

Context

v.7Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

v.8This passage

v.9And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 16:22

    And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood.

  • 1 Kings 11:1

    Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

  • Hosea 4:11

    Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:20

    But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:11

    Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

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