Nehemiah 13:26

Did 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.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

In Context

25And I strove with them and cursed them; and I struck some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You⌃ shall not give your daughters to their sons, and you⌃ shall not take of their daughters to your sons.

27So we will not listen to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God, —to marry strange wives.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jeddedi, for the Lord's sake.

1 Kings 3:13And I have given you what you have not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been any one like you among kings.

1 Kings 11:1+ 11:1 This verse, or part verse is not numbered in Brenton's text. Verse 1 is in the position below, following verse 3. And king Solomon was a lover of women. + 11:1 Note that the verses between this point and the beginning of verse 9 are in the order chosen by Brenton, and are marked thus: 1) etc. as they are numbered by Brenton.

1 Kings 21:25And we will + 21:25 Gr. change. give you another army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he listened to + 21:25 Gr. his. their voice, and did so.

2 Chronicles 9:22And Solomon exceeded all other kings both in riches and wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 7:26I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account of things, and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:24-31

The Dismissal of Strange Wives. ( b. c. 434.) 23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for… Read the whole commentary →

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