1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
2 These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- KJV
- But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
- WEB
- Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,
- ASV
- Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
- DARBY
- But king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;
- BLB
- And King Solomon loved many foreign women as well as the daughter of Pharaoh—Moabitesses, Ammonitesses, Edomitesses, Sidonianesses, [and] Hittitesses—
- ÅB
- Men kong Salomo elsket mange fremmede kvinner i tillegg til Faraos datter; moabittiske, ammonittiske, edomittiske, sidoniske, hetittiske.
- OTB
- Nå elsket kong Salomo mange utenlandske kvinner i tillegg til faraos datter: Moabittiske, ammonittiske, edomittiske, sidoniske og hetittiske kvinner,
- B1930
- Men kong Salomo elsket mange fremmede kvinner foruten Faraos datter, moabittiske, ammonittiske, edomittiske, sidoniske, hetittiske,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 17:17
He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
Read in contextProverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:23–27
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Read in context1 Kings 11:8
He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
Read in contextProverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Read in contextProverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Read in contextProverbs 5:8–20
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
Read in contextProverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
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