Nehemiah 13:26

Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

1 Kings 3:13

Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request -- riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.

2 Chronicles 1:12

you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you."

2 Samuel 12:24-25

So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. She gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child

1 Kings 11:1-8

King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh's daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

2 Chronicles 9:22

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

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Summary

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Who was beloved

Bible References

Did not solomon

1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh's daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Yet among

2 Samuel 12:24
So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. She gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child
1 Kings 3:13
Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request -- riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.
2 Chronicles 1:12
you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you."
2 Chronicles 9:22
King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

Who was beloved

2 Samuel 12:24
So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. She gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child

General references

Deuteronomy 7:3
You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Judges 3:6
They took the Canaanites' daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.
Proverbs 5:9
lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,
Proverbs 7:26
for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

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