Solomon did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and didn’t go fully after Yahweh, as David his father did.
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- KJV And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
- BSB So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
- NKJV Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David.
- NASB So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as his father David had done.
- NLT In this way, Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he refused to follow the Lord completely, as his father, David, had done.
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Cross-references · 3
- Num 14:24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
- Josh 14:8Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.
- Josh 14:14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed Yahweh, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
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