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1 Kings 11:2

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.

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

WEB World English Bible

of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon joined to these in love.

ASV American Standard Version

of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, ‘Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;’ to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.

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.

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

מִן־H4480 · minfrom הַגּוֹיִ֗םH1471 · goynation אֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhich אָֽמַר־H559 · a.marto say יְהוָה֩H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֨יH1121 · benson: child יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael לֹֽא־H3808 · lonot תָבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): come בָהֶ֗םH9038 · hemthem וְהֵם֙H1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)לֹא־H3808 · lonot יָבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): come בָכֶ֔םH9036 · khemyou אָכֵן֙H403 · a.khensurely יַטּ֣וּH5186 · na.tahto stretch אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]לְבַבְכֶ֔םH3824 · le.vavheart אַחֲרֵ֖יH310 · a.charafter אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑םH430 · e.lo.himGod בָּהֶ֛םH9038 · hemthem דָּבַ֥קH1692 · da.vaqto cleave שְׁלֹמֹ֖הH8010 · she.lo.mohSolomon לְאַהֲבָֽה׃H160 · a.ha.vahlove

Cross-references

Exodus 34:16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.Deuteronomy 7:3-4Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.Joshua 23:12-13Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:Numbers 25:1-3And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.2 Corinthians 6:14-16Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Exodus 23:32-33Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.Romans 12:9[Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.Malachi 2:11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.Romans 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.Revelation 2:4Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.2 Chronicles 21:6And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Judges 3:6-7And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.Ezra 10:2-17And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.Ezra 9:12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave [it] for an inheritance to your children for ever.Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.2 Chronicles 19:2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

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