17 (A)He shall not multiply wives for himself, [a]or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

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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,

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26 (A)Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? (B)Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and (C)he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.

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