²⁵ The Lord highly exalted^(A) Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor^(B) such as no king over Israel ever had before.^(C)

²² King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.^(A)

²⁶ Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him.^(A) He was loved by his God,^(B) and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.^(C)