1 Kings 11:1-3

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Solomon’s Many Wives

11 King Solomon loved many ·women who were not from Israel [^Lforeign women]. He loved the daughter of ·the king of Egypt [^LPharaoh], as well as women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites [Prov. 5–7]. ² The Lord had told the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], “You must not ·marry people of other nations [or associate with them; ^Lcome into them, and they must not come into you]. If you do, they will cause you to ·follow [^Lturn your hearts to] their gods.” But Solomon ·fell in love with these women [^Lclung/held fast to them in love]. ³ He had seven hundred wives who were from royal families and three hundred ·slave women who gave birth to his children [concubines; ^Ca secondary wife of lower status than a primary wife, but higher than a common servant]. His wives ·caused him to turn away from God [led him astray; ^Lturned his heart away].