1 Kings 11:1-4
New American Standard Bible
Solomon Turns from God
11 Now (A)King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations of which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “(B)You shall not [a]associate with them, nor shall they [b]associate with you; they will certainly turn your heart away [c]to follow their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. 3 (C)He had seven hundred wives, who were [d]princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned his heart away. 4 For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away [e]to follow other gods; and (D)his heart was not [f]wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been.
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- 1 Kings 11:2 Lit go among
- 1 Kings 11:2 Lit go among
- 1 Kings 11:2 Lit after their
- 1 Kings 11:3 Or women of rank
- 1 Kings 11:4 Lit after other
- 1 Kings 11:4 Lit complete with
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