1 Kings 11:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

They have forsaken

General references

Numbers 21:29

1 Samuel 7:4

2 Kings 21:22

Bible References

They have forsaken

Jehovah was angry with Solomon. This is because his heart turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision.

If you obey me and keep my laws and commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.

I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain forever. I gave my word to David your father. I said: You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serve him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)

Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone.

General references

You Moabites are done for! Your god Chemosh deserted your people. They were captured, taken away by King Sihon the Amorite.

So the Israelites got rid of their idols of Baal and Astarte. They worshiped only Jehovah.

Amon turned away from Jehovah the God of his fathers. He did not walk in his ways.