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Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, <i>and</i> Hittites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, <i>and</i> Hittites—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, <i>and</i> Hittite women,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now king Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh&#8217s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh's daughter. He loved Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides the daughter of the king of Egypt he married Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But King Solomon married many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidonia, along with Hittite women, too, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh's daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now king Solomon loved women, and he took many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And King Solomon has loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, [and] of the Hittites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, and of the Hittites,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And king Solomon loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And king Solomon loved many strange women besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But king Solomon loved many foreign women, including the daughter of Pharaoh, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Idumea, and of Sidon, and of the Hittites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />King Solomon loved many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, Hittites—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />BUT King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And King Solomon loved many women foreigners, and the daughter of Pharaoh, and Ammonite women, and Moabite women, and Edomite women, and Tsidonian women and Khittite women<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And king Solomon was a lover of women. And he took strange women, as well as the daughter of Pharao, Moabitish, Ammanitish women, Syrians and Idumeans, Chettites, and Amorites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/11-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=4218" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/11.htm">Solomon's Foreign Wives</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: wə·ham·me·leḵ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">King</a> <a href="/hebrew/8010.htm" title="8010: šə·lō·mōh (N-proper-ms) -- David's son and successor to his throne. From shalowm; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor.">Solomon, however,</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·haḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">loved</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">many</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237: nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Foreign, alien. From neker; strange, in a variety of degrees and applications.">foreign</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nā·šîm (N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">women</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">along with the daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">of Pharaoh—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4125.htm" title="4125: mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yō·wṯ (N-proper-fp) -- Feminine Mownabiyah; or Mowabiyth; patronymical from Mow'ab; a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. A descendant from Moab.">women of Moab,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5984.htm" title="5984: ‘am·mo·nî·yō·wṯ (N-proper-fp) -- Desc. of Ammon. Patronymically from Ammown; an Ammonite or Ammonitish.">Ammon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/130.htm" title="130: ’ă·ḏō·mî·yōṯ (N-proper-fp) -- A desc. of Edom. Or aedowmiy; patronymic from 'Edom; an Edomite, or descendants from Edom.">Edom,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6722.htm" title="6722: ṣê·ḏə·nî·yōṯ (N-proper-fp) -- An inhab. of Sidon. Patrial from Tsiydown; a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon.">and Sidon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2850.htm" title="2850: ḥit·tî·yōṯ (N-proper-fp) -- Desc. of Heth. Patronymically from Cheth; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth.">as well as Hittite women.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm">Deuteronomy 17:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-26.htm">Nehemiah 13:26</a></span><br />Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Exodus 34:16</a></span><br />And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a></span><br />Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-13.htm">2 Samuel 5:13</a></span><br />After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">1 Kings 3:1</a></span><br />Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-24.htm">1 Kings 9:24</a></span><br />As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-11.htm">2 Chronicles 8:11</a></span><br />Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a></span><br />Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11</a></span><br />Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a></span><br />No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-15</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a></span><br />A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">1 Corinthians 10:21</a></span><br />You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">1 Kings 11:8</a></b></br> And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-2.htm">Genesis 6:2-5</a></b></br> That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they <i>were</i> fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm">Deuteronomy 17:17</a></b></br> Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.</p><p class="hdg">together with.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">1 Kings 3:1</a></b></br> And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-18.htm">Leviticus 18:18</a></b></br> Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex <i>her</i>, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life <i>time</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/17-27.htm">Ammon</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-37.htm">Ammonite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-27.htm">Ammonites</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-15.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-24.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-26.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-22.htm">Edomite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-22.htm">E'domite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-14.htm">Edomites</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">Females</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-20.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-29.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-7.htm">However</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-9.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-20.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/ruth/2-6.htm">Moabite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">Moabites</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-24.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-24.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Sidonian</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">Sidonians</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-41.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">Together</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-16.htm">Women</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-6.htm">Zidon</a> <a href="/judges/10-12.htm">Zidonians</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Ammon</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-31.htm">Ammonite</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-5.htm">Ammonites</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-25.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-2.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">Edomite</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">E'domite</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-17.htm">Edomites</a> <a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Females</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-5.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-6.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-13.htm">However</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-13.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-20.htm">Moabite</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Moabites</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-18.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-20.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Sidonian</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-5.htm">Sidonians</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-17.htm">Together</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-3.htm">Women</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-9.htm">Zidon</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-5.htm">Zidonians</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">Solomon's wives and concubines</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">In his old age they draw him to idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">God threatens him,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-23.htm">Rezon, who reigned in Damascus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/11-41.htm">Solomon's acts, reign, and death. Rehoboam succeeds him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women</b><br>This phrase highlights a significant turning point in Solomon's reign. Despite his wisdom and the blessings bestowed upon him, Solomon's love for foreign women led him astray. This love was not merely romantic but also political, as marriages were often used to form alliances. However, these alliances came at a spiritual cost, as they introduced foreign influences and idolatry into Israel. This disobedience to God's command in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>, which warned against intermarrying with foreign nations to prevent turning away from God, foreshadows the division and downfall of the kingdom.<p><b>along with the daughter of Pharaoh</b><br>Solomon's marriage to Pharaoh's daughter was a strategic alliance, symbolizing peace and cooperation between Israel and Egypt. This union is significant as it represents the first recorded marriage between an Israelite king and an Egyptian princess, indicating Solomon's political acumen. However, it also marks the beginning of his spiritual decline, as it involved adopting foreign customs and religious practices, contrary to God's instructions in <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Exodus 34:16</a>.<p><b>women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon</b><br>These nations were historically hostile to Israel, and their inclusion here underscores the extent of Solomon's alliances. Moab and Ammon were descendants of Lot (<a href="/genesis/19-37.htm">Genesis 19:37-38</a>), and their worship of Chemosh and Molech involved detestable practices. Edom, descended from Esau, had a long-standing enmity with Israel. Sidon, a Phoenician city, was known for its worship of Baal and Ashtoreth. Solomon's marriages to women from these nations introduced their idolatrous practices into Israel, directly violating God's covenant and leading to spiritual corruption.<p><b>as well as Hittite women</b><br>The Hittites were a powerful group in the ancient Near East, known for their advanced culture and military prowess. By marrying Hittite women, Solomon further expanded his political network. However, this also meant embracing their religious practices, which were incompatible with the worship of Yahweh. This phrase emphasizes the breadth of Solomon's alliances and the resulting spiritual compromise, which ultimately led to the kingdom's division after his death, as prophesied in <a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">1 Kings 11:11-13</a>. Solomon's actions serve as a cautionary tale about the dangers of compromising faith for political or personal gain.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_solomon.htm">King Solomon</a></b><br>The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon is known for his wisdom, wealth, and building projects, including the Temple in Jerusalem. However, his reign is also marked by his marriages to foreign women, which led him away from God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreign_women.htm">Foreign Women</a></b><br>These women came from various nations surrounding Israel, including Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and the Hittites. Marriages to these women were politically motivated but spiritually detrimental.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh's_daughter.htm">Pharaoh's Daughter</a></b><br>She was Solomon's first foreign wife, symbolizing a political alliance with Egypt. This marriage set a precedent for Solomon's subsequent unions with other foreign women.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab,_ammon,_edom,_sidon,_hittites.htm">Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, Hittites</a></b><br>These are the nations from which Solomon's wives came. Each had its own deities and religious practices, which influenced Solomon and led to idolatry in Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The worship of foreign gods introduced by Solomon's wives, which ultimately led to Solomon's spiritual decline and the division of the kingdom after his death.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_compromise.htm">Guarding Against Compromise</a></b><br>Solomon's marriages illustrate the danger of compromising one's faith for political or personal gain. Believers are called to remain steadfast in their devotion to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_of_relationships.htm">Influence of Relationships</a></b><br>The people we form close relationships with can significantly influence our spiritual walk. It's crucial to choose relationships that encourage and strengthen our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Solomon's disobedience to God's commands regarding marriage led to personal and national consequences. Obedience to God's Word is essential for a blessed life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_subtlety_of_sin.htm">The Subtlety of Sin</a></b><br>Solomon's gradual shift from wisdom to folly shows how sin can subtly infiltrate our lives. Vigilance and accountability are necessary to maintain spiritual integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Leadership</a></b><br>As a leader, Solomon's actions had far-reaching effects on the nation. Spiritual leaders must model faithfulness to God to guide others effectively.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_solomon_have_many_wives.htm">Why did Solomon marry many wives and concubines?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_marrying_non-believers.htm">What does the Bible say about marrying non-believers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_bad_company_harm_character.htm">How does bad company affect good character?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_interfaith.htm">What does the Bible say about interfaith weddings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1-8) The defection of Solomon is distinctly traced to his polygamy, contracting numerous marriages with "strange women." Polygamy is also attributed to David (see <a href="/context/2_samuel/3-2.htm" title="And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;">2Samuel 3:2-5</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/15-16.htm" title="And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.">2Samuel 15:16</a>), marking perhaps the characteristic temperament of voluptuousness, which seduced him into his great sin; but it was carried out by Solomon on a scale corresponding to the magnificence of his kingdom, and probably had in his case the political object of alliance with neighbouring or tributary kings. We find it inherited by Rehoboam (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/11-18.htm" title="And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;">2Chronicles 11:18-21</a>), and it probably became in different degrees the practice of succeeding kings. Hitherto, while polygamy, as everywhere in the East, had to some degree existed in Israel from patriarchal times, yet it must have been checked by the marriage regulations of the Law. Nor had there yet been the royal magnificence and wealth, under which alone it attains to full development. We have some traces of it in the households of some of the Judges: Gideon (<a href="/judges/8-30.htm" title="And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.">Judges 8:30</a>), Jair (<a href="/judges/10-4.htm" title="And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.">Judges 10:4</a>), Ibzan and Abdon (<a href="/judges/12-9.htm" title="And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.">Judges 12:9</a>; <a href="/judges/12-14.htm" title="And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on three score and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.">Judges 12:14</a>). Now, however, it became, in spite of the prohibition of the Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm" title="Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.">Deuteronomy 17:17</a>), a recognised element of royal self-indulgence--such as is described in <a href="/context/ecclesiastes/2-7.htm" title="I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:">Ecclesiastes 2:7-8</a>, and is perhaps traceable even through the beauty of the Song of Solomon. In itself, even without any incidental consequences, it must necessarily be a demoralising power, as sinning against the primeval ordinance of God, and robbing natural relations of their true purity and sacredness. But in actual fact it sinned still more by involving forbidden marriages with idolatrous races, with the often-predicted effect of declension into idolatry. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">And</span>. This chapter is a direct continuation of the preceding. LXX. <span class="greek">κὰι ὁ βασιλεὺς κ.τ.λ.</span> The polygamy was but a part of his worldliness, like the chariots, gold, etc.] <span class="cmt_word">king Solomon loved</span> [The LXX. <span class="greek">η΅ν φιλογόνης</span>. is misleading. It is perfectly clear that it cannot have been mere sensuality led to this enormous harem. This is evident from <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> his time of life. It was "when he was old" - <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, when passions are <span class="accented">not</span> at their strongest - that his wives turned away his heart. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> The number - if the numbers are to be trusted - of his wives. A thousand concubines cannot be kept for mere purposes of passion. <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> The large number of <span class="accented">princesses</span>, which shows that the object of this array of mistresses was to enhance his state and renown. As he exceeded other kings in glory, wisdom, and power, so must he excel them not only in armies, chariots, and horses, but also in the number of his wives. It is clear, therefore, that the "lust of the eye" and "the pride of life" had their part in this huge establishment. "The same consideration of state which leads a Western prince or noble to multiply horses, leads an Eastern prince to multiply wives, with often as little personal consideration in the one ease as in the other" (Kitto) ] <span class="cmt_word">many</span> [He is blamed for their number. This was against <a href="/deuteronomy/17-17.htm">Deuteronomy 17:17</a>] <span class="cmt_word">strange</span> [not merely <span class="accented">foreign</span>, though that is the primary meaning of the word, but strange as opposed to a lawful wife. Cf. <a href="/proverbs/5-20.htm">Proverbs 5:20</a>; <a href="/proverbs/6-24.htm">Proverbs 6:24</a>; <a href="/proverbs/7-5.htm">Proverbs 7:5</a>, etc. No doubt the harlots in Israel were principally aliens] <span class="cmt_word">women, together with</span> [<span class="hebrew">הפּ מאךלךט רךתךארפ ,׃ך׃ך וְאֵת־בַּתאּכּי</span>. (Maurer). Pharaoh's daughter is regarded as his lawful wife] <span class="cmt_word">the daughter of Pharaoh</span> [see note on 1 Kings 3:1], <span class="cmt_word">women of the Moabites, Ammonites</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">Moabitesses</span>, etc. Perhaps these two nations are mentioned first because such alliances as these, though not forbidden in terms by the law, would nevertheless, from its spirit and bearing towards these races, be looked upon with especial disfavour. If the Ammonite or Moabite was not to be received into the congregation until the <span class="accented">tenth</span> generation (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3</a>); if the Israelite was not to seek their peace or prosperity all the days of his life (ver. 6), then the idea of intermarriage with them must have been altogether repugnant to the Hebrew polity, as indeed we may gather from the book of Ruth], <span class="cmt_word">Edomites</span> [Favourably distinguished (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm">Deuteronomy 23:7</a>) from the two preceding races. The Edomite was a "brother." His children of the <span class="accented">third</span> generation might enter into the congregation], <span class="cmt_word">Zidonians</span> [Rawlinson thinks this word lends "some countenance to the tradition recorded by Menander (<span class="accented">ap</span>. Clem. Alex. 'Strom.' 1. p. 386), that Solomon married a daughter of Hiram, king of Tyre." But such tradition was sure to arise; the uxorious character of Solomon and his close relations with Hiram are quite sufficient to account for its growth. And a daughter of Hiram would hardly have been passed over without special mention], and Hittites [see on 1 Kings 10:29]. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/11-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">King</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Solomon, however,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·mōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8010.htm">Strong's 8010: </a> </span><span class="str2">Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne</span><br /><br /><span class="word">loved</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהַ֞ב</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·haḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">foreign</span><br /><span class="heb">נָכְרִיּ֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5237.htm">Strong's 5237: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foreign, alien</span><br /><br /><span class="word">women</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשִׁ֧ים</span> <span class="translit">(nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along with the daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּת־</span> <span class="translit">(baṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Pharaoh—</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּרְעֹ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(par·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">women of Moab,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאֲבִיּ֤וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4125.htm">Strong's 4125: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moabite -- descendant of Moab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ammon,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמֳּנִיּוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mo·nî·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5984.htm">Strong's 5984: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ammonite -- descendants of Ammon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Edom,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹ֣מִיֹּ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·mî·yōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_130.htm">Strong's 130: </a> </span><span class="str2">Edomite -- a descendant of Edom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Sidon,</span><br /><span class="heb">צֵדְנִיֹּ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣê·ḏə·nî·yōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6722.htm">Strong's 6722: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sidonians -- an inhabitant of Sidon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well as Hittite women.</span><br /><span class="heb">חִתִּיֹּֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥit·tî·yōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hittite -- a Chittite</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 11:1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/10-29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 10:29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 10:29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 11:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>