1 Kings 11:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

Loved

Together with

1 Kings 3:1

Leviticus 18:18

General references

Judges 3:6

Proverbs 7:26

Song of Songs 6:8

Bible References

Loved

He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and offering sacrifices to their gods.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Keep your way far from her.
Don’t go near the door of her house.

They will protect you from an evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.

The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

Your eyes will see strange things,
and you will say absurd things.

Together with

Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter. Solomon brought her to live in the city of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord’s temple, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.

You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.

General references

The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.

There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines
and young women without number.