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Aged Solomon yields to Ashtoreth and Milcom; portray moral decline soberly and keep pagan cult imagery historically grounded.
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1 Kings 11:4-6

Solomon’s heart turns away

Solomon’s Divided Allegiance · 1 Kings 11

Story guide: An aged Solomon turns toward the shrines of Ashtoreth and Milcom, drawn there by his wives; the passage gives no details of the setting or the cult imagery.

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4When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart to follow other gods. His heart was not fully devoted to Yahweh his God, as his father David’s heart had been.

5Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

6So Solomon did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and he did not fully follow Yahweh, as David his father had done.

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