1 Kings 11:1
And king Solomon was a lover of women. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. And he took strange women, as well as the daughter of Pharao, Moabitish, Ammanitish women, Syrians and Idumeans, Chettites, and Amorites;
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Genesis 6:2that the + 6:2 Alex. angels of God.sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.
Deuteronomy 17:17And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart + 17:17 Gr. change.turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
1 Kings 11:8And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he went not after the Lord, as David his father.
1 Kings 14:31And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Abiu his son reigned in his stead.
Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and their sons; and the holy seed has passed among the nations of the lands, and the hand of the rulers has been first in this transgression.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? though there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:1
This chapter begins with as melancholy a "but" as almost any we find in all the Bible. Hitherto we have read nothing of Solomon but what was great and good; but the lustre both of his goodness and of his greatness is here sullied and eclipsed, and his sun sets under a cloud. I. The glory of his piety is stained by his departure from God and his duty, in his latter days, marrying strange wives and worshipping strange gods, ver. 4-8 . II. The glory of his prosperity is stained by God's displeasure against him and… Read the whole commentary →