Nehemiah 13:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:12

I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

1 Kings 3:13

And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.

1 Kings 4:1

Now Solomon was king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 1:12

Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

2 Chronicles 9:22

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

Proverbs 31:3

Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.