Nehemiah 13:26-27

Nehemiah's Final Reforms

26 z Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? a Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was b beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin. 27 Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and c act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?"

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:1 - 8
    Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 3:13
    I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
    2 Chronicles 1:12
    Wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 12:24
    Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him
  4. Cross References
    Ezra 10:2
    And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
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