1 Kings 11:6
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And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.

Numbers 14:24 My servant Caleb, who being full of another spirit hath followed me, I will bring into this land which he hath gone round: and his seed shall possess it.

Joshua 14:8,14 But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. . . .

Context
Solomon's Foreign Wives
5But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites. 6And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.7Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos, the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch, the idol of the children of Ammon.…
Cross References
1 Kings 3:3
And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense.

1 Kings 9:4
And if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness: and wilt do all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my ordinances, and my judgments,

1 Kings 11:5
But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:7
Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos, the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch, the idol of the children of Ammon.

Lexicon
So Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

did
וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

evil
הָרַ֖ע (hā·ra‘)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

in the sight
בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the LORD—
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and unlike his father
אָבִֽיו׃ (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

David,
כְּדָוִ֥ד (kə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

he did not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

follow
אַחֲרֵ֥י (’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

completely.
מִלֵּ֛א (mil·lê)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of


Additional Translations
So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD—and unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.

And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he went not after the Lord, as David his father. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods.

And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed not fully Jehovah, as David his father.

And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.

and Solomon doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and hath not been fully after Jehovah, like David his father.
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