When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.(A) Solomon followed Ashtoreth,(B) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom,(C) the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.(D) Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, and unlike his father David, he did not remain loyal to the Lord.

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