1 Kings 11:1-4

Solomon Turns from the Lord

1 Now w King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, x "You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love. 3 He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. 4 For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and y his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, z as was the heart of David his father.

  1. Cross References
    Nehemiah 13:26
    Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin.
    Deuteronomy 17:17
    And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 34:16
    And you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:61
    Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 9:4
    And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules.
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