1 Kings 11:3 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 11:3

Solomon’s Heart Turns from the Lord

1 But ^aKing Solomon loved ^bmany foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites—

2 from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, ^a“You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, ^athat his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his ^bheart was not loyal to the Lord his God, ^cas was the heart of his father David.

5 For Solomon went after ^aAshtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after ^bMilcom the abomination of the ^cAmmonites.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 11:3

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American Standard Version
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

Amplified® Bible
He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines, and his wives turned away his heart from God.

Contemporary English Version
Seven hundred of his wives were daughters of kings, but he also married three hundred other women. As Solomon got older, some of his wives led him to worship their gods. He wasn't like his father David, who had worshiped only the LORD God.

Darby English Version
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

Good News Bible
Solomon married seven hundred princesses and also had three hundred concubines. They made him turn away from God,

King James Version
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

New American Standard Bible
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

New International Version
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.

New King James Version
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

Revised Standard Version
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

Young's Literal Translation
And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.

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