1 Kings 11:1-3

Solomon Turns from God

1 Now ¹King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

2 from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "²You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.

3 ³He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

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1 Kings 11:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 11

This chapter relates the false steps Solomon took, notwithstanding all his wisdom, in marrying strange wives, and worshipping other gods, 1Ki 11:1-8 upon which the Lord threatens him to rend the kingdom in his son's time, 1Ki 11:9-13 and he raised up adversaries against him, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:14-26 of which last an account is given, and of his being assured by Ahijah the prophet of his having ten of the tribes of Israel given to him; which Solomon having notice of sought to slay him, 1Ki 11:27-40 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Solomon's death and burial, 1Ki 11:41-43.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

1. Deuteronomy 17:17; Nehemiah 13:23-27
2. Exodus 23:31-33; Exodus 34:12-16; Deuteronomy 7:3
3. 2 Samuel 5:13-16

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "go among"
[b]. Lit "go among"