1 KINGS 11:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.”
"Because he has forsaken me, and worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and has not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did." — The *indictment*: Solomon *forsook God*, *worshipped foreign gods*, and *did not walk in God's ways*. The *comparison to David* is *final and definitive*: David *kept the statutes and ordinances*, while Solomon *violated them*.
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