Sinai1 Kings 11:3
American Standard Version
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
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1 Kings 11:3 in other translations
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.
1 Kings 11:3 in context
- 1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
- 2of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
- 3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
- 4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.