1 Kings 11:1

God's Word

King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter. He loved Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17

The king must never have a large number of wives, or he will turn away ⌞from God⌟. And he must never own a lot of gold and silver.

Proverbs 6:24

to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.

Proverbs 7:5

in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk.

Proverbs 2:16

⌞Wisdom will⌟ also save you from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk,

1 Kings 11:8

He did these things for each of his foreign wives who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). After marrying Pharaoh’s daughter, Solomon brought her to the City of David until he finished building his own house, the Lord’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.

Proverbs 23:33

Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mouth will say embarrassing things.

Leviticus 18:18

While your wife is living, never marry her sister as a rival wife and have sexual intercourse with her.

Exodus 34:16

Then your sons will end up marrying their daughters. When their daughters chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes, they’ll lead your sons to do the same thing.

1 Kings 16:31

It wasn’t enough that he committed the same sins as Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Ahab then served and worshiped Baal.

Ezra 10:44

All of these men had married foreign women. Some of these women had given birth to children.

Proverbs 31:3

Don’t give your strength to women or your power to those who ruin kings.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam, son of Solomon, ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel, the city where the Lord put his name. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

1 Kings 14:31

Rehoboam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. (His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.) His son Abijam succeeded him as king.

Ezra 9:1

After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have failed to keep themselves separate from the neighboring groups of people and from the disgusting practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Ezra 9:2

The Israelites and their sons have married some of these foreign women. They have mixed our holy race with the neighboring groups of people. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have led the way in being unfaithful.”