1 Kings 11:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.”
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“He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 11:8 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- 1 Kings 15:12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Ezekiel 16:22And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
- 1 Corinthians 10:20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
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