1 Kings 11:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 (A)from nations of which the Lord had said to the Israelites: You shall not join with them and they shall not join with you, lest they turn your hearts to their gods. But Solomon held them[a] close in love. 3 He had as wives seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and they turned his heart.
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- 11:2 Them: both the nations and their gods.
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