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1 Kings 11:2-4
Lexham English Bible
1 Kings 11:2-4
Lexham English Bible
2 from the nations which Yahweh had said to the Israelites,[a] “You shall not marry them,[b] and they shall not marry you.[c] They will certainly turn your heart after other gods.” But Solomon clung to them to love. 3 He had seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.
Solomon’s Apostasy
4 It happened at the time of Solomon’s old age that his wives guided his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully with Yahweh his God as the heart of David his father had been.
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- 1 Kings 11:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- 1 Kings 11:2 Literally “go into them”
- 1 Kings 11:2 Literally “go into you”
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