"Furthermore, you shall not intermarrywith them; you shall not giveyour daughtersto their sons,norshall you taketheir daughtersfor your sons.
and I will make you swearby the LORD,the Godof heavenand the Godof earth,that you shall not takea wifefor my sonfrom the daughtersof the Canaanites,amongwhomI live,
from the nationsconcerning whichthe LORDhad saidto the sonsof Israel,"You shall not associatewith them, norshall they associatewith you, [for] they will surelyturnyour heartawayaftertheir gods."Solomonheldfastto thesein love.
It cameabout, as though it had been a trivialthingfor him to walkin the sinsof Jeroboamthe sonof Nebat,that he marriedJezebelthe daughterof Ethbaalkingof the Sidonians,and wentto serveBaaland worshipedhim.
"So nowlet us makea covenantwith our Godto putawayallthe wivesand their children,according to the counselof my lordand of those who trembleat the commandmentof our God;and let it be doneaccording to the law.
So nowdo not giveyour daughtersto their sonsnortaketheir daughtersto your sons,and neverseektheir peaceor their prosperity,that you may be strongand eatthe good[things] of the landand leave[it] as an inheritanceto your sonsforever.'
and that we will not giveour daughtersto the peoplesof the landor taketheir daughtersfor our sons.
Then his fatherand his mothersaidto him, "Is therenowomanamong the daughtersof your relatives,or among allour people,that you goto takea wifefrom the uncircumcisedPhilistines?"But Samsonsaidto his father,"Gether for me, for she looksgoodto me."
