1 Kings 11:2
out of the nations concerning whom Yahweh had said unto the sons of Israel—Ye shall not go in unto them, and, they, shall not come in unto you, surely they will turn aside your heart after their gods. Unto these, did Solomon cleave in love.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah, daughter of Jacob,—and he loved the young woman, and spake to the heart of the young woman.
Exodus 34:16And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons,—And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods.
Deuteronomy 7:3neither shalt thou intermarry with them,—thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son;
Judges 3:6and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served their gods.
1 Kings 16:31And it come to pass, as though it had been too light a thing that he should walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and bowed down to him.
2 Chronicles 21:6And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab, for, the daughter of Ahab, had he, to wife,—so he wrought wickedness, in the eyes of Yahweh.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:2-9
Solomon's Defection and Degeneracy. ( b. c. 983.) 1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and… Read the whole commentary →