King Solomon and Deuteronomy 13

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You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. 22For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. 23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. 24But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. 25Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish

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The promise isn't talking about the punishment of the individual person who worships idols. It's about Israel as a whole. Eventually, after Solomon's lifetime, Israel did fall.

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If King Solomon repented because he worshiped idols, then he would have been forgiven.

Question about your comment? Especially with idol worshiping and even the cult in the old testament. In scripture and after Moses ascended to the mountain for many days, the Israelites then made a golden calf to worship because they thought Moses wasn't going to return back. When God informs Moses about the Israelites and the golden calf, Moses pleads on their behalf to God. There are two scriptural points - that seem to point toward Genesis:

line 4: "He took [them] from their hand[s], fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into a molten calf, upon which they said: "These are your gods, O Israel, who have brought you up from the land of Egypt!"

line 8: "They have quickly turned away from the path that I have commanded them; they have made themselves a molten calf! And they have prostrated themselves before it, slaughtered sacrifices to it, and said: 'These are your gods, O Israel, who have brought you up from the land of Egypt.' "

What makes this sin different from the offense in the garden of Eden when the serpent tempted Eve?The 2nd question, repentance does have to take place (yes) but in order to bring someone to that point - what has to take place first? Can someone go from sinning and then repentance all in the same action?