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1 Kings 11:1

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Fellowship;   Hittites;   Instability;   Lasciviousness;   Moabites;   Molech;   Polygamy;   Rulers;   Sidon;   Solomon;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Edomites;   Hittites;   Moabites;   Solomon;   Temptation;   Yielding to Temptation;   The Topic Concordance - Marriage;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;   Ammonites, the;   Hittites;   Husbands;   Marriage;   Moabites;   Sidonians, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Hittites;   King;   Marriage;   Solomon;   Song of songs;   Treaty;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Government;   Leadership;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Harlot;   Solomon;   Zidon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Ishmael;   Moab;   Naamah;   Sidon;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   High Place;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Moabitess;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Harlot;   Hittites;   Israel;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Marriage;   Moab, Moabites;   Pharaoh;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zidon, Sidon ;   Zidonians, Sidonians ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount olivet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kings;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Na'amah;   Sol'omon;   Zi'don,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Solomon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gods;   Harlot;   Hittites;   Moabitess;   Numbers, Book of;   Solomon;   Temple;   Woman;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gentile;   Intermarriage;   Marriage;   Polygamy;  

Contextual Overview

1King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women 1 Now king Shlomo loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Par`oh, women of the Mo`avim, `Ammonim, Edom, Tzidonim, and Hitti; 1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: 1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 1 King Solomon loved many women who were not from Israel. He loved the daughter of the king of Egypt, as well as women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. 1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh's daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. 1Now king Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,1 Bvt King Salomon loued many outlandish women: both the daughter of Pharaoh, and the women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon and Heth, 1Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

Bible Verse Review
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am 3020-3029, bc 984-975

loved: 1 Kings 11:8, Genesis 6:2-5, Deuteronomy 17:17, Nehemiah 13:23-27, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 5:8-20, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5, Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 23:33

together with: or, beside, 1 Kings 3:1, Leviticus 18:18

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:2 - they called Judges 2:3 - their gods Judges 3:6 - General Judges 16:4 - he loved Ruth 1:4 - wives 2 Samuel 13:1 - loved her 1 Kings 16:31 - the Zidonians 1 Kings 21:25 - whom Jezebel 2 Kings 8:18 - his wife 1 Chronicles 22:12 - that thou mayest 2 Chronicles 9:28 - brought 2 Chronicles 12:13 - an Ammonitess Ezra 9:1 - Ammonites Nehemiah 13:26 - Did not Solomon Proverbs 5:20 - with Proverbs 7:26 - General Ecclesiastes 7:23 - I said Ecclesiastes 7:28 - but Song of Solomon 6:8 - General Isaiah 2:6 - and they Malachi 2:11 - and hath

Cross-References

Isaiah 19:18
On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the Lord of Armies. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun.
Isaiah 19:18
In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Mitzrayim that speak the language of Kana`an, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of armies; one will be called the City of Destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
At that time five cities in Egypt will speak Hebrew, the language of Canaan, and they will promise to be loyal to the Lord All-Powerful. One of these cities will be named the City of Destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of [the Hebrews of] Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One [of them] will be called the City of Destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
In that day shall fiue cities in the lande of Egypt speake the language of Canaan, and shall sweare by the Lord of hostes. one shall be called the citie of destruction.
Isaiah 19:18
In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to Yahweh of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But King Solomon loved many strange women,.... His love was a lustful and not a lawful one, and of women who were not only of foreign countries, but not his lawful wives, and these many:

together with the daughter of Pharaoh; besides her, or as he loved her, and perhaps more; his sin was not that he loved her who was his lawful wife, but others with her; it is very probable she was a proselytess, and had no hand in turning him to idolatry, since we read not of any high place built for an Egyptian idol:

women of the Moabites, Anmonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; all of the neighbouring nations. Some think he did this with political views, to get intelligence of the state of those countries, or to abate and extinguish their enmity; but it rather seems to be the fruit of lust or pride.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In noticing successively Solomon’s excessive accumulation of silver and gold 1 Kings 10:14-25, his multiplication of horses 1 Kings 10:26-29, and his multiplication of wives, the writer has in mind the warning of Moses against these three forms of princely ostentation, all alike forbidden to an Israelite monarch (marginal reference).

Zidonians - i. e., Phoenician women. A tradition states that Solomon married a daughter of Hiram, king of Tyre.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XI

Solomon's attachment to strange women, and consequent idolatry,

1, 2.

Number of his wives and concubines, 3.

In his old age they turn away his heart from God, 4.

He builds temples to idols, burns incense and sacrifices to

them, 5-8.

The Lord is angry with him, and threatens to deprive him of the

kingdom, but will leave one tribe for David's sake, 9-13.

The Lord stirs up Hadad, the Edomite, to be his enemy; the

history of this man, 14-22.

He stirs another adversary against him, Rezon the son of

Eliadah. He and Hadad plague Israel, 23-25.

Jeroboam also becomes his enemy, and the reason why, 26-28.

Ahijah the prophet meets Jeroboam, and promises, in the name of

the Lord, that God will rend Israel from the family of Solomon,

and give him ten tribes, 29-39.

Solomon, hearing of this, seeks to put Jeroboam to death, who

escapes to Egypt, where he continues till the death of Solomon,

40.

Solomon dies, after having reigned over Israel forty years; and

his son Rehoboam reigns in his stead, 41-43.

NOTES ON CHAP. XI

Verse 1 Kings 11:1. Many strange women — That is, idolaters; together with the daughter of Pharaoh: she was also one of those strange women and an idolater. But many think she became a proselyte to the Jewish religion; of this there is no evidence.


 
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