Of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, You 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 stayed close to these women in his love for them.
And did he not make one? Yet had he much more of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly offspring. Therefore be careful of your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him;
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.