1 Kings 11

1 Kings 11:1

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, &c.

But Solomon, after he had holily and happily reigned five or six and twenty years, at last gave himself over to his inordinate lusts; and added to the daughter of Pharaoh his lawful wife, a number of women that were strangers, both in nation and religion.

1 Kings 11:5

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, &c.

For Solomon gave way and countenance to the idolatry of his wives, whom he willingly admitted to build houses and altars to Ashtoreth.

This is the thing which ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house, &c.

Whereas the Levites, being distributed into four-and-twenty courses, are appointed to keep their changes, every sabbath, to the number of about sixteen hundred, in every succession now ye shall so marshal yourselves, that, while the new course enters, the former shall yet continue for this turn undischarged; and those, that come in to succeed, shall divide themselves into three parts, whereof one shall keep the watch of the king’s house, &c.

1 Kings 11:7

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem.

Then did Solomon consent to the building of a high place for Chemosh, the abominable Idol of the Moabites; and that, in the very face of the Temple, on a hill over against Jerusalem.

1 Kings 11:36

That David my servant may have a light alway before me, &c.

That David my servant may have one of his seed, eminent in honour and authority, always, &c.