Bible Reading: 1 Kings 11: 4-10

When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to strange gods, and his heart was not entirely with the Lord, his God, as the heart of his father David had been.

By adoring Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the idol of the Ammonites, Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not follow him unreservedly as his father David had done.

Solomon then built a high place to Chemosh, the idol of Moab, and to Molech, the idol of the Ammonites, on the hill opposite Jerusalem.

He did the same for all his foreign wives who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

The Lord, therefore, became angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice

(for though the Lord had forbidden him this very act of following strange gods, Solomon had not obeyed him).

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God had appeared to Solomon twice, had him consecrated King of Israelites, gave him long life and much wealth and knowledge. God even foresaw that Solomon's weakness would be to worship idols nonetheless and TOLD him of this risk from his many wives and women. Solomon still sinned and sinned big time, as you can see above.

This shows how even the great and wise King Solomon can actually have God himself appear to him twice, give him everything he could ever wish for, and yet he still worships imaginary and false gods, even though he saw God with his own eyes.

This also shows there never was another like King David, nor will there ever be again.