For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David" (1 Kings 11:1-4).
Nokho, iBhayibheli liyalandisa: "Kwathi uSolomoni esemdala; omkakhe [bezizwe] bayiphambukisa inhliziyo yakhe ukuba ilandele abanye onkulunkulu; inhliziyo yakhe yayingekho kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe ngokupheleleyo njengenhliziyo kaDavide uyise." (1 AmaKhosi 11:4) Uma kungaqashiwe ngokuqhubekayo, ngisho nenhliziyo engcono kakhulu ingayengekeleka ekwenzeni okubi.