KJV King James Version
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;
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1 Kings 11:1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
WEB World English Bible
Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
ASV American Standard Version
Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, and of the Hittites,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 11
1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;
2 Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.
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וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingשְׁלֹמֹ֗הH8010 · she.lo.mohSolomonאָהַ֞בH157 · a.havto love: loverנָשִׁ֧יםH802 · ish.shahwomanנָכְרִיּ֛וֹתH5237 · nokh.riforeignרַבּ֖וֹתH7227 · ravmanyוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בַּת־H1323 · batdaughterפַּרְעֹ֑הH6547 · par.ohPharaohמוֹאֲבִיּ֤וֹתH4125 · mo.a.viMoabiteעַמֳּנִיּוֹת֙H5984 · am.mo.niMeuniteאֲדֹ֣מִיֹּ֔תH130 · e.do.miEdomiteצֵדְנִיֹּ֖תH6722 · tsi.do.niSidonianחִתִּיֹּֽת׃H2850 · chit.tiHittite
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.1 Kings 11:8And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.Nehemiah 13:23-27In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;Proverbs 5:8-20Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:1 Kings 3:1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.Proverbs 23:33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.Leviticus 18:18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].Genesis 6:2-5That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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