Verse 1

But king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} loved{H157}{(H8804)} many{H7227} strange{H5237} women{H802}, together with the daughter{H1323} of Pharaoh{H6547}, women of the Moabites{H4125}, Ammonites{H5984}, Edomites{H130}, Zidonians{H6722}, and Hittites{H2850};

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} wives{H802} to himself, that his heart{H3824} turn{H5493}{(H8799)} not away: neither shall he greatly{H3966} multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} to himself silver{H3701} and gold{H2091}.
  • Neh 13:23-27 : 23 In those days{H3117} also saw{H7200}{(H8804)} I Jews{H3064} that had married{H3427}{(H8689)} wives{H802} of Ashdod{H796}, of Ammon{H5984}, and of Moab{H4125}: 24 And their children{H1121} spake{H1696}{(H8764)} half{H2677} in the speech of Ashdod{H797}, and could{H5234}{(H8688)} not speak{H1696}{(H8763)} in the Jews' language{H3066}, but according to the language{H3956} of each{H5971} people{H5971}. 25 And I contended{H7378}{(H8799)} with them, and cursed{H7043}{(H8762)} them, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} certain{H582} of them, and plucked off their hair{H4803}{(H8799)}, and made them swear{H7650}{(H8686)} by God{H430}, saying, Ye shall not give{H5414}{(H8799)} your daughters{H1323} unto their sons{H1121}, nor take{H5375}{(H8799)} their daughters{H1323} unto your sons{H1121}, or for yourselves. 26 Did not Solomon{H8010} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} sin{H2398}{(H8804)} by these things? yet among many{H7227} nations{H1471} was there no king{H4428} like him, who was beloved{H157}{(H8803)} of his God{H430}, and God{H430} made{H5414}{(H8799)} him king{H4428} over all Israel{H3478}: nevertheless even him{H1571} did outlandish{H5237} women{H802} cause to sin{H2398}{(H8689)}. 27 Shall we then hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto you to do{H6213}{(H8800)} all this great{H1419} evil{H7451}, to transgress{H4603}{(H8800)} against our God{H430} in marrying{H3427}{(H8687)} strange{H5237} wives{H802}?
  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} thee from the strange{H2114}{(H8801)} woman{H802}, even from the stranger{H5237} which flattereth{H2505}{(H8689)} with her words{H561};
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Remove{H7368} thy way{H1870} far{H7368}{(H8685)} from her, and come not nigh{H7126}{(H8799)} the door{H6607} of her house{H1004}: 9 Lest thou give{H5414}{(H8799)} thine honour{H1935} unto others{H312}, and thy years{H8141} unto the cruel{H394}: 10 Lest strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} be filled{H7646}{(H8799)} with thy wealth{H3581}; and thy labours{H6089} be in the house{H1004} of a stranger{H5237}; 11 And thou mourn{H5098}{(H8804)} at the last{H319}, when thy flesh{H1320} and thy body{H7607} are consumed{H3615}{(H8800)}, 12 And say{H559}{(H8804)}, How have I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} instruction{H4148}, and my heart{H3820} despised{H5006}{(H8804)} reproof{H8433}; 13 And have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of my teachers{H3384}{(H8688)}, nor inclined{H5186}{(H8689)} mine ear{H241} to them that instructed{H3925}{(H8764)} me! 14 I was almost{H4592} in all evil{H7451} in the midst{H8432} of the congregation{H6951} and assembly{H5712}. 15 Drink{H8354}{(H8798)} waters{H4325} out of thine own cistern{H953}, and running waters{H5140}{(H8802)} out of{H8432} thine own well{H875}. 16 Let thy fountains{H4599} be dispersed{H6327}{(H8799)} abroad{H2351}, and rivers{H6388} of waters{H4325} in the streets{H7339}. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers{H2114}{(H8801)}' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain{H4726} be blessed{H1288}{(H8803)}: and rejoice{H8055}{(H8798)} with the wife{H802} of thy youth{H5271}. 19 Let her be as the loving{H158} hind{H365} and pleasant{H2580} roe{H3280}; let her breasts{H1717} satisfy{H7301}{(H8762)} thee at all times{H6256}; and be thou ravished{H7686}{(H8799)} always{H8548} with her love{H160}. 20 And why wilt thou, my son{H1121}, be ravished{H7686}{(H8799)} with a strange woman{H2114}{(H8801)}, and embrace{H2263}{(H8762)} the bosom{H2436} of a stranger{H5237}?
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep{H8104}{(H8800)} thee from the evil{H7451} woman{H802}, from the flattery{H2513} of the tongue{H3956} of a strange woman{H5237}.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep{H8104}{(H8800)} thee from the strange{H2114}{(H8801)} woman{H802}, from the stranger{H5237} which flattereth{H2505}{(H8689)} with her words{H561}.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth{H6310} of strange women{H2114}{(H8801)} is a deep{H6013} pit{H7745}: he that is abhorred{H2194}{(H8803)} of the LORD{H3068} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} therein.
  • Prov 23:33 : 33 Thine eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200}{(H8799)} strange women{H2114}{(H8801)}, and thine heart{H3820} shall utter{H1696}{(H8762)} perverse things{H8419}.
  • 1 Kgs 3:1 : 1 And Solomon{H8010} made affinity{H2859}{(H8691)} with Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} Pharaoh's{H6547} daughter{H1323}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} her into the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, until he had made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of building{H1129}{(H8800)} his own house{H1004}, and the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389} round about{H5439}.
  • 1 Kgs 11:8 : 8 And likewise did{H6213}{(H8804)} he for all his strange{H5237} wives{H802}, which burnt incense{H6999}{(H8688)} and sacrificed{H2076}{(H8764)} unto their gods{H430}.
  • Lev 18:18 : 18 Neither shalt thou take{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802} to her sister{H269}, to vex{H6887}{(H8800)} her, to uncover{H1540}{(H8763)} her nakedness{H6172}, beside the other in her life{H2416} time.
  • Gen 6:2-5 : 2 That the sons{H1121} of God{H430} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the daughters{H1323} of men{H120} that they{H2007} were fair{H2896}; and they took{H3947}{(H8799)} them wives{H802} of all which they chose{H977}{(H8804)}. 3 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, My spirit{H7307} shall not always{H5769} strive{H1777}{(H8799)} with man{H120}, for that he also{H1571}{(H8677)}{H7683}{(H8800)} is flesh{H1320}: yet his days{H3117} shall be an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141}. 4 There were giants{H5303} 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}{(H8799)} unto the daughters{H1323} of men{H120}, and they bare{H3205}{(H8804)} children to them, the same{H1992} became mighty men{H1368} which were of old{H5769}, men{H582} of renown{H8034}. 5 And GOD{H3068} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} 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}.