1 Re 11:1

1 Or il re Salomone, oltre la figliuola di Faraone, amò molte donne straniere: delle Moabite, delle Ammonite, delle Idumee, delle Sidonie, delle Hittee,

1 Re 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:1

But King Solomon loved many strange women
His love was a lustful and not a lawful one, and of women who were not only of foreign countries, but not his lawful wives, and these many:

together with the daughter of Pharaoh;
besides her, or as he loved her, and perhaps more; his sin was not that he loved her who was his lawful wife, but others with her; it is very probable she was a proselytess, and had no hand in turning him to idolatry, since we read not of any high place built for an Egyptian idol:

women of the Moabites, Anmonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
all of the neighbouring nations. Some think he did this with political views, to get intelligence of the state of those countries, or to abate and extinguish their enmity; but it rather seems to be the fruit of lust or pride.

1 Re 11:1 In-Context

1 Or il re Salomone, oltre la figliuola di Faraone, amò molte donne straniere: delle Moabite, delle Ammonite, delle Idumee, delle Sidonie, delle Hittee,
2 donne appartenenti ai popoli dei quali l’Eterno avea detto al figliuoli d’Israele: "Non andate da loro e non vengano essi da voi; poiché essi certo pervertirebbero il vostro cuore per farvi seguire i loro dèi". A tali donne s’unì Salomone ne’ suoi amori.
3 Ed ebbe settecento principesse per mogli e trecento concubine; e le sue mogli gli pervertirono il cuore;
4 cosicché, al tempo della vecchiaia di Salomone, le sue mogli gl’inclinarono il cuore verso altri dèi; e il cuore di lui non appartenne tutto quanto all’Eterno, al suo Dio, come avea fatto il cuore di Davide suo padre.
5 E Salomone seguì Astarte, divinità dei Sidoni, e Milcom, l’abominazione degli Ammoniti.
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