1 Kings 11:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

King Solomon loved many foreign women, including the daughter of Pharaoh and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and the Hittites.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17

Also, the king must not have too many wives, because that will make him turn away from the Lord. And he must not make himself rich with silver and gold.

Proverbs 6:24

It stops you from going to an evil woman, and it protects you from the smooth talk of another man’s wife.

Proverbs 7:5

Wisdom will save you from that other woman, the other man’s wife, who tempts you with such sweet words.

Proverbs 2:16

Wisdom will save you from that other woman, another man’s wife, who tempts you with sweet words.

1 Kings 11:8

Solomon did the same thing for all of his other foreign wives who burned incense and gave sacrifices to their gods.

Proverbs 22:14

The sin of adultery is a trap, and the Lord gets very angry with those who fall into it.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made a peace treaty with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David. This was when Solomon was still building his palace, the Temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.

Proverbs 23:33

Wine will cause you to see strange things and to say things that make no sense.

Leviticus 18:18

“While your wife is still living, you must not take her sister as another wife. This will make the sisters become enemies. You must not have sexual relations with your wife’s sister.

Exodus 34:16

You might choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons. Those daughters serve false gods. They might lead your sons to do the same thing.

1 Kings 16:31

It was not enough for Ahab to commit the same sins that Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had done. Ahab also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Then Ahab began to serve and worship Baal.

Ezra 10:44

All these men married foreign women, and some of them had children with these wives.

Proverbs 31:3

Don’t waste your strength on women. Women destroy kings, so don’t waste yourself on them.

1 Kings 14:21

Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was 41 years old when he became king of Judah. Rehoboam ruled 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose for his own. He chose this city from all the other tribes of Israel. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah. She was an Ammonite.

1 Kings 14:31

Rehoboam died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. (His mother was Naamah. She was an Ammonite.) Rehoboam’s son Abijah became the next king after him.

Ezra 9:1

After we finished all these things, the leaders of the Israelites came to me and said, “Ezra, the Israelites have not kept themselves separate from the other people living around us. And the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate. The Israelites are being influenced by evil things done by the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Ezra 9:2

The Israelites have married the people living around us. The Israelites are supposed to be special, but now they are mixed with the other people living around them. The leaders and important officials of the Israelites have set a bad example in this thing.”