1 Kings 11:1 — Now king Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women along with the daughter o… — AMP | maBible
Read 1 Kings 11:1 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 1 Kings 11.1, 1 Kings 11v1, 1R. 11:1. Now king Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
1 Now king Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
Notes and references
It was a common practice among pagan rulers in the Near East to ratify treaties with other kingdoms by marriage to foreign wives. In Deut 17:17 the kings of Israel were strictly forbidden from participating in such alliances. Solomon’s defiance of God’s command led him into sin and the loss of his…