Verse 1

Now king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} loved{H157} many{H7227} foreign{H5237} women,{H802} together with the daughter{H1323} of Pharaoh,{H6547} women of the Moabites,{H4125} Ammonites,{H5984} Edomites,{H130} Sidonians,{H6722} and Hittites;{H2850}

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply{H7235} wives{H802} to himself, that his heart{H3824} turn{H5493} not away: neither shall he greatly{H3966} multiply{H7235} to himself silver{H3701} and gold.{H2091}
  • Neh 13:23-27 : 23 In those days{H3117} also saw{H7200} I the Jews{H3064} that had married{H3427} women{H802} of Ashdod,{H796} of Ammon,{H5984} [and] of Moab:{H4125} 24 and their children{H1121} spake{H1696} half{H2677} in the speech of Ashdod,{H797} and could{H5234} not speak{H1696} in the Jews' language,{H3066} but according to the language{H3956} of each{H5971} people.{H5971} 25 And I contended{H7378} with them, and cursed{H7043} them, and smote{H5221} certain{H582} of them, and plucked off their hair,{H4803} and made them swear{H7650} by God,{H430} [saying], Ye shall not give{H5414} your daughters{H1323} unto their sons,{H1121} nor take{H5375} their daughters{H1323} for your sons,{H1121} or for yourselves. 26 Did not Solomon{H8010} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} sin{H2398} by these things? yet among many{H7227} nations{H1471} was there no king{H4428} like him, and he was beloved{H157} of his God,{H430} and God{H430} made{H5414} him king{H4428} over all Israel:{H3478} nevertheless even him{H1571} did foreign{H5237} women{H802} cause to sin.{H2398} 27 Shall we then hearken{H8085} unto you to do{H6213} all this great{H1419} evil,{H7451} to trespass{H4603} against our God{H430} in marrying{H3427} foreign{H5237} women?{H802}
  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver{H5337} thee from the strange{H2114} woman,{H802} Even from the foreigner{H5237} that flattereth{H2505} with her words;{H561}
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Remove{H7368} thy way{H1870} far{H7368} from her, And come not nigh{H7126} the door{H6607} of her house;{H1004} 9 Lest thou give{H5414} thine honor{H1935} unto others,{H312} And thy years{H8141} unto the cruel;{H394} 10 Lest strangers{H2114} be filled{H7646} with thy strength,{H3581} And thy labors{H6089} [be] in the house{H1004} of an alien,{H5237} 11 And thou mourn{H5098} at thy latter{H319} end, When thy flesh{H1320} and thy body{H1320} are consumed,{H3615} 12 And say,{H559} How have I hated{H8130} instruction,{H4148} And my heart{H3820} despised{H5006} reproof;{H8433} 13 Neither have I obeyed{H8085} the voice{H6963} of my teachers,{H3384} Nor inclined{H5186} mine ear{H241} to them that instructed{H3925} me! 14 I was well-nigh{H4592} in all evil{H7451} In the midst{H8432} of the assembly{H6951} and congregation.{H6951} 15 Drink{H8354} waters{H4325} out of thine own cistern,{H953} And running waters{H5140} out of{H8432} thine own well.{H875} 16 Should thy springs{H4599} be dispersed{H6327} abroad,{H2351} And streams{H6388} of water{H4325} in the streets?{H7339} 17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers{H2114} with thee. 18 Let thy fountain{H4726} be blessed;{H1288} And rejoice{H8055} in the wife{H802} of thy youth.{H5271} 19 [ As] a loving{H158} hind{H365} and a pleasant{H2580} doe,{H365} Let her breasts{H1717} satisfy{H7301} thee at all times;{H6256} And be thou ravished{H7686} always{H8548} with her love.{H160} 20 For why shouldest thou, my son,{H1121} be ravished{H7686} with a strange woman,{H2114} And embrace{H2263} the bosom{H2436} of a foreigner?{H5237}
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep{H8104} thee from the evil{H7451} woman,{H802} From the flattery{H2513} of the foreigner's{H5237} tongue.{H3956}
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep{H8104} thee from the strange{H2114} woman,{H802} From the foreigner{H5237} that flattereth{H2505} with her words.{H561}
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth{H6310} of strange women{H2114} is a deep{H6013} pit:{H7745} He that is abhorred{H2194} of Jehovah{H3068} shall fall{H5307} therein.
  • Prov 23:33 : 33 Thine eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200} strange things,{H2114} And thy heart{H3820} shall utter{H1696} perverse things.{H8419}
  • 1 Kgs 3:1 : 1 And Solomon{H8010} made affinity{H2859} with Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and took{H3947} Pharaoh's{H6547} daughter,{H1323} and brought{H935} her into the city{H5892} of David,{H1732} until he had made an end{H3615} of building{H1129} his own house,{H1004} and the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389} round about.{H5439}
  • 1 Kgs 11:8 : 8 And so did{H6213} he for all his foreign{H5237} wives,{H802} who burnt incense{H6999} and sacrificed{H2076} unto their gods.{H430}
  • Lev 18:18 : 18 And thou shalt not take{H3947} a wife{H802} to her sister,{H269} to be a rival{H6887} [to her], to uncover{H1540} her nakedness,{H6172} besides the other in her life-time.{H2416}
  • Gen 6:2-5 : 2 that the sons{H1121} of God{H430} saw{H7200} the daughters{H1323} of men{H120} that they{H2007} were fair;{H2896} and they took{H3947} them wives{H802} of all that they chose.{H977} 3 And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} My Spirit{H7307} shall not strive{H1777} with man{H120} for ever,{H5769} for that he also{H1571} is flesh:{H1320} yet shall his days{H3117} be a hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} years.{H8141} 4 The Nephilim{H5303} were in the earth{H776} in those days,{H3117} and also after{H310} that,{H3651} when{H834} the sons{H1121} of God{H430} came in{H935} unto the daughters{H1323} of men,{H120} and they bare{H3205} children to them: the same{H1992} were the mighty men{H582} that were of old,{H5769} the men{H582} of renown.{H8034} 5 And Jehovah{H3068} saw{H7200} that the wickedness{H7451} of man{H120} was great{H7227} in the earth,{H776} and that every imagination{H3336} of the thoughts{H4284} of his heart{H3820} was only{H7535} evil{H7451} continually.{H3117}