King James Version (KJV)
1 Kings 11:7
“Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 11
5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father.
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Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
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And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
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And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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