In the stories of his life, Solomon is not made out to be a perfect man — despite his closeness to God, he is repeatedly distracted. In the Quran Surah 38:30-40, Solomon’s love of horses diverts his attention from God (via Alim). His forgetfulness, failing to say “Allah willing” when praying for sons who will serve the Lord, brings a punishment of a stillborn child upon him and forces him to seek forgiveness (via Quran).
But what truly makes Solomon lose God’s blessing, in the Judeo-Christian tradition at least, is when he takes wives from other nations (and, importantly, other faiths) and begins to worship different gods, direct violations of God’s commandments. In 1 Kings 11, it is revealed Solomon has 1,000 wives (other sources, such as Jewish Women’s Archive, instead depict Solomon has having 700 wives and 300 concubines), whose influence turns him, in his old age, toward the deities of the Ammonites, Sidonians, and the Kingdom of Moab. The man who built the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem in 1 Kings 6 builds a place to worship the deities Chemosh and Molech east of the city! Such a betrayal could not pass without consequence.
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