1 Kings 11:6

Did evil — That is, did not worship God wholly, but joined idols with him.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Sin of Solomon, and the Adversaries Raised up in Consequence. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil . the evil. Hebrew. ra'a' . App-44.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Errors and their Consequences. His Death This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-8) The defection of Solomon is distinctly traced to his polygamy, contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is also attributed...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1-43 "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2 "At every...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the man had e...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord ,.... As idolatry is, nothing more provoking to him: and went not fully after the Lord, as did David...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father. Ver. 6. And Solomon did evil. ] Howbe...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Solomon went after Ashtoreth Called also Astarte. See on Judges 2:13 . And after Milcom The same, it is thought, with Molech, who is here called...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Defection and Degeneracy. B. C. 983....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i. e. Did not worship God wholly and solely, but joined idols with him.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon Throws Himself Wholeheartedly Into Idolatry Because Of His Wives ( 1 Kings 11:1-8 ). Solomon's obsession with his own glory inevitably res...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DECLINE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 11:1 . But King Solomon loved many strange women —If importations of...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 11:1 . Solomon loved many strange women, of gentile nations, and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India are marr...
The Biblical Illustrator

But King Solomon loved many strange women. Solomon’s sin A few years ago two paintings were exhibited in this country, which attracted wide att...
The Biblical Illustrator

Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord. Solomon the brilliant failure The character of Solomon is unique--one of the loftiest and saddest of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S DEFECTION .—The observant reader will have already remarked in this history some intimations of Solomon's approaching fa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Love of Women and Idolatry
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David, his father; he did not maintain the full and complete...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 14:14 ; Joshua 14:8 ; Numbers 14:24

⁶ And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 11:6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:6