3. He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart away from the Lord.
4. When Solomon was old, his wives seduced him to follow other gods. He was not completely devoted to Yahweh his God, as his father David had been.
5. Solomon followed Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.
6. Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, and unlike his father David, he did not completely follow Yahweh.
7. At that time, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites, on the hill across from Jerusalem.