1 Kings 11:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord did not want the Israelites to worship foreign gods, so he had warned them not to marry anyone who was not from Israel. Solomon loved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt. But he also loved some women from Moab, Ammon, and Edom, and others from Sidon and the land of the Hittites.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17

And the king must not have a lot of wives—they might tempt him to be unfaithful to the Lord. Finally, the king must not try to get huge amounts of silver and gold.

Proverbs 6:24

They will protect you from the flattering words of someone else's wife.

Proverbs 7:5

They will protect you from the flattering words of someone else's wife.

Proverbs 2:16

Wisdom will protect you from the smooth talk of a sinful woman,

1 Kings 11:8

In fact, he built a shrine for each of his foreign wives, so all of them could burn incense and offer sacrifices to their own gods.

Proverbs 22:14

The words of a bad woman are like a deep pit; if you make the Lord angry, you will fall right in.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon signed a treaty with the king of Egypt and married his daughter. She lived in the older part of Jerusalem until the palace, the Lord's temple, and the wall around Jerusalem were completed.

Proverbs 23:33

You will see weird things, and your mind will play tricks on you.

Leviticus 18:18

As long as your wife is alive, don't cause trouble for her by taking one of her sisters as a second wife.

Exodus 34:16

Your men will even marry their women and be influenced to worship their gods.

1 Kings 16:31

He acted just like Jeroboam. Even worse, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon and started worshiping Baal.

Ezra 10:44

These men divorced their foreign wives, then sent them and their children away.

Proverbs 31:3

Don't waste your life chasing after women! This has ruined many kings.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam son of Solomon was 41 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 17 years from Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon.

1 Kings 14:31

Rehoboam's mother Naamah was from Ammon, but when Rehoboam died, he was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem. His son Abijam then became king.

Ezra 9:1

Later the Jewish leaders came to me and said: Many Israelites, including priests and Levites, are living just like the people around them. They are even guilty of some of the horrible sins of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 9:2

Some Israelite men have married foreign women and have let their sons do the same thing. Our own officials and leaders were the first to commit this disgusting sin, and now God's holy people are mixed with foreigners.