1 Kings 11:4 meaning and explanation
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
1 Kings 11:4, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator pauses to explain why Solomon's story ends in ruin. The king who asked God for wisdom and built the temple now, in old age, has a heart pulled toward other gods by the foreign wives he loved.
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