Nehemiah 13:26

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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.

Did not solomon

1 Kings 11:1

Ecclesiastes 7:26

Yet among

Who was beloved

2 Samuel 12:24

General references

Bible References

Did not solomon

But King Solomon married many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidonia, along with Hittite women, too,

I discovered for myself a bitterness that surpasses that of death: the woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, whose hands are chains of bondage. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the transgressor will be trapped by her.

Yet among

Then David consoled his wife Bathsheba. He went in and had sex with her, and she bore a son whom he named Solomon. The LORD loved him,

I'm also giving you what you haven't requested: both riches and honor, so that no other king will be comparable to you during your lifetime.

wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. Furthermore, I will give you riches, wealth, and honor such as none of the kings owned who lived before you and none after you are to ever attain their equal."

As a result, King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in regards to wealth and wisdom.

Who was beloved

Then David consoled his wife Bathsheba. He went in and had sex with her, and she bore a son whom he named Solomon. The LORD loved him,

General references

You are not to intermarry with them. You are not to give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons,

taking their daughters as wives for themselves, giving their own daughters to their sons, and serving their gods.

so that you don't give your honor to others, and waste your best years;

For many are the victims whom she has conquered, and many are her slain.