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all of them from nations that the Lord had ordered the Israelis, “You are not to associate with[a] them and they are not to associate with you, because they will most certainly turn your affections[b] away to follow their gods.” Solomon became deeply attached to them by falling in love. He had 700 princess wives and 300 mistresses[c] who[d] turned his heart away from the Lord,[e] because as Solomon grew older, his wives turned his affections away after other gods, and his heart was not fully as devoted to the Lord his God as his father David’s heart had been.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:2 Lit. to go in to
  2. 1 Kings 11:2 Lit. hearts
  3. 1 Kings 11:3 Or concubines; i.e. secondary wives
  4. 1 Kings 11:3 Lit. mistresses, and his wives
  5. 1 Kings 11:3 The Heb. lacks from the Lord