¹² If you ever turn away and become loyal to the rest of these nations remaining among you,^(A) and if you intermarry or associate with them^(B) and they with you, ¹³ know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you,^(C) a sharp stick^[a] for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

Solomon’s Unfaithfulness to God

11 King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter:^(A) Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women^{(B) 2} from the nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they will turn your heart away to follow their gods.”^(C) To these women Solomon was deeply attached^[a] in love.

¹² So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons.^(A) Never pursue their welfare or prosperity,^(B) so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”

¹⁴ should we break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit these detestable practices?^(A) Wouldn’t you become so angry with us that you would destroy us, leaving neither remnant nor survivor?^(B)